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Courts make editors think hard before delving into private lives

Judiciary increasingly taking the view that public interest must be stronger than potential harm to subject By Peter John Meiklem, Media Correspondent

FOR MEDIA lawyer Campbell Deane the moment motor racing boss Max Mosley's privacy case against the News Of The World tipped into high farce was when the paper's reporter outlined why he felt the story was in the public interest.