Day: 15 May 2011

Max Mosley has lost the latest battle in his ongoing war with the press on privacy. He had argued before the European Court of Human Rights (‘European Court’) that where a newspaper published private information on an individual they should be forced to notify the individual concerned prior to publication. The court rejected such a ‘pre-notification requirement’. This should, however, not be seen as a victory for the press or free speech. Rather, it is more of an unsurprising application of the principles of the European Court. Continue reading