Mosley Gets a Caning in Court as Bid to Expand Privacy Law Fails ; Euro Ruling Is 'Huge Blow to Those Wanting to Curtail Press Freedom' [Edition 2]

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MOVES to expand British privacy laws were dealt a major blow today by the European Court of Human Rights.

It ruled against an attempt by former Formula 1 boss Max Mosley to force media organisations to disclose stories to their "victims" before publication.

The court said this would have a "chilling effect" on investigative journalism and would not have helped in Mr Mosley's case -- when he was exposed for holding an orgy with five prostitutes.

The judgment was welcomed by anticensorship campaigners. Media lawyer Mark Stephens said: "Mosley got whipped in the ECHR. Rightly so." Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming said: "This is a huge blow to those who want …