That the public are interested does not make it in the public interest.

Not surprisingly, the media have not greeted the Max Mosley judgment with much enthusiasm. As I see it, there are only two circumstances which would justify an "exposé" piece such as led to this court case. The first is the exposure of hypocrisy - if someone is publicly presenting themselves as something they are not, then they cannot complain if they are unmasked. The second is where a person holds an office which the public could reasonably expect to be held by a person with specific criteria - moral or otherwise - and they fail in that regard. The Mosley case falls under this latter category. The question is, does being president of the FIA carry with it any suggestion that you are a particular sort of person, other than an astute businessman? I don't think it does, and therefore his private life - however distasteful - has no bearing on his position, and is nobody's business but his own. I think the court got it right.