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The "right to be forgotten" in EU law does not extend worldwide, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has determined. Answering questions referred from a French court considering a dispute between the national data protection authority and Google, the CJEU found tha

The remains of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco can be removed from his burial place at the centre of a controversial state monument and reburied in a cemetery, the Supreme Court of Spain has ruled. In a unanimous ruling, judges rejected a legal challenge from Franco's grandchildren and thre

The number of judges at the General Court of the European Union will increase next week when the court welcomes seven additional judges. The swearing into office of the seven new judges on Thursday 26 September will mark the third and final stage of European judicial reforms approved in 2015.

The murder of Dutch lawyer Derk Wiersum has been condemned as "an unacceptable attack on the legal profession" by the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). Mr Wiersum, 44, was the lawyer for a key witness in the prosecution of alleged gangsters accused of committing five murders betwee

The EU Commission has been accused of adopting “fascist” rhetoric after it created a new post of “Commissioner for Protecting our European Way of Life” to oversee immigration policy. Ursula von der Leyen, incoming Commission president, unveiled the role along with the rest of

A couple whose marriage was annulled by the Greek courts because the husband had previously been married to the wife's sister suffered a violation of their article 12 rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Applicants Georgios Theodorou and Sophia Tsotsorou married in 2005, fou

Russia violated the rights of an auditor charged with organised tax evasion who died in pre-trial detention in November 2009, judges in the European Court of Human Rights have unanimously ruled.

According to Advocate General Szpunar, Facebook can be ordered to seek and identify all comments identical to a defamatory comment that has been found to be illegal, and equivalent comments in so far as the latter originate from the same user. In the present case, the EU law relied on does not regul

A judge in Turkey who criticised a female lawyer over the length of her skirt has been suspended, The Independent reports. Mehmet Yoylu complained that lawyer Tugce Cetin’s skirt was higher than the regulated 15cm above the knees and wanted to refer her to the bar association.

Judges in the Netherlands have banned the biker club Hells Angels and ordered that its chapters be closed as authorities crack down on motorcycle gangs. It is the first ban for the club, which operates 470 chapters in 56 countries, The Guardian reports.

The General Court of the EU has confirmed that registration of the mark ‘NEYMAR’ by a third party is invalid. In December 2012, Mr Carlos Moreira, residing in Guimarães (Portugal), filed an application with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for registration o

Judges in the Netherlands have refused to extradite a suspected drugs smuggler to the UK over concerns that conditions at HMP Liverpool are "inhuman and degrading", the Liverpool Echo reports. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said: "Since providing reassurances the court has postponed its decision."

DWF Group plc, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, has acquired a Polish legal services business for £3 million. Lawyers formerly employed by K&L Gates Jamka will now be running a DWF office in Warsaw with 11 partners as well as 45 lawyers and 31 support staff in a deal expected to complet

EU member states have two years to implement controversial new copyright laws following their adoption by the EU Council of Ministers. Ireland and the UK were among the 19 member states who voted in favour of the adoption of the EU Copyright Directive at yesterday's meeting, with just six countries

Human beings should always know if they are directly interacting with another human or an artificial intelligence (AI), a report highlighting a series of "critical concerns" about future AI systems, has warned. The report from the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on AI listed a number o