Mosley Loses Case Against Media in European Court

Max Mosley did not manage to defeat the British media, as it has now been confirmed that the European Court of Human Rights ruled against the former president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) in his court case against the former.

Following the immense sex-scandal started off by the News of the World some 3 years ago, which pretty much ended Mosley's career within the motorsport governing body, the Englishman attempted to change the media law in the UK in order to protect public figures from invasion in their personal lives by reporters and news men.

What he asked of the European rulers was basically for the British media to warn the people they invade their lives into before publishing their stories.

“The court is of the view that article 8 does not require a legally binding pre-notification requirement,” sounded the ruling of the court, according to a report from Autosport, citing an official statement. “Accordingly, the court concludes that there has been no violation of article 8 of the convention by the absence of such a requirement in domestic law.”

Three years ago, after the aforementioned publication issued a front page article entitled “F1 boss has sick Nazi orgy with five hookers”, Mosley sued the News International tabloid for defamation and won his case in London's High Court.

The News of the World were then forced to pay GBP 60,000 for running the story, as the High Court ruled there had been “no public interest or other justification” for its publication.