"Had Max Mosley descended those steps in Chelsea to pursue le vice anglais in the company of half a dozen French maids murmuring sweet nothings — rather than barking orders in German — it might all have been put down to a bit of a giggle. As it was, the alleged link to Nazism put it in the grey area of the law where public interest is conflict with the right to privacy.

That conflict is the topic of this year’s Times Law Awards, sponsored by One Essex Court: Should people in the public eye have a right to privacy? Entrants, who must be students, law trainees or pupils, are invited to submit an essay of up t
The title for this year's competition is 'Should people in the public eye have a right to privacy?"

Check out the Times website for more information:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4944261.ece

Or the One Essex Court website http://www.oeclaw.co.uk/page.asp?p=2024

The closing date will be 28th November 2008.

Entries of no more than 1,000 words to:

The Times Law Awards c/o One Essex Court Temple London EC4Y 9AR

or by e-mail to tla@oeclaw.co.uk.