Max Mosley, the former head of Formula One, has lost a high profile case at the European Court of Human Rights that would have required newspapers to warn people in advance before publishing details of their private lives. Mosley, who won an earlier landmark privacy case in the English courts against the News of the World newspaper, said the UK failed to impose a legal duty on newspapers to notify subjects in advance of a story appearing. Pre-notification would allow subjects to then obtain a court injunction preventing publication, he argued. However the European court in Strasbourg ruled unanimously on Tuesday that there had been no violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, and that to introduce a pre-notification requirement would have a “chilling effect” on journalism.
Three years ago, when Mr Mosley was about to step down as the head of the FIA, the regulating body of Formula One, the News of the World ran a story under the headline “F1 boss has sick Nazi orgy with five hookers”.
He later sued the newspaper in the High Court claiming damages for breach of confidence and invasion of privacy and won £60,000 in damages. Mosley is the son of the late Oswald Mosley, leader of a fascist party in pre-war Britain.
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