24/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - New Director General of Council Legal Service. On Monday 24 January, the Council of the European Union appointed Hubert Legal to the post of Legal Adviser to the European Council and Director General of the Council Legal Service with effect from 1 February. Legal is currently Director of the Council Legal Service with responsibility for the internal market, the environment and transport. He succeeds Jean-Claude Piris, who has been Legal Adviser and Director...