A Paris appeals court today overturned the convictions of six people convicted of paedophilia after a contrite public prosecutor said the case was riddled with errors and called for the defendants to be acquitted.

Billionaire investor George Soros failed to erase the only legal blemish on a long financial career today, when a Paris appeals court upheld his conviction for insider trading.

A FRENCH judge has confirmed the start of a preliminary probe into doping claims against six-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

A Paris appeals court today upheld the acquittals of three photographers accused of invasion of privacy after they took pictures of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed at the scene of their deadly crash.

The Paris appeals court today reopens the case against three photographers cleared of invasion of privacy for taking pictures at the scene of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales nearly seven years ago.

A Paris appeals court today overruled criminal indictments against eight banks and 130 people accused of involvement in a money-laundering scheme operating between France and Israel.

French President Jacques Chirac has responded angrily to a prosecutor’s ruling that he can be questioned as a witness in a scandal involving cash payments for personal trips while he was mayor.