Mosley vows to fight on

Ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley, has said the fight is not over after losing his European Court of Human Rights bid to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives.

By The Newsroom

Published 11th May 2011, 07:00 BST

The verdict in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg marks the final stage in his campaign for tighter privacy laws following revelations about his sex life in the News of the World two years ago.

Yesterday’s ruling in the case, declared: “The European Convention on Human Rights does not require media to give prior notice” and added that UK law already protected the right through self-regulation of the Press, civil court action and the possibility of obtaining an injunction. Speaking later, Mr Mosley said: “It’s not finished yet.”

His comments came as Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was “crazy” that information that was not allowed to be printed in newspapers was widely available on Twitter and other internet sources.

Mr Hunt said he was due to meet Justice Secretary Ken Clarke to “see what can be done” about super-injunctions and privacy.