Former world motorsport chief Max Mosley, who was embroiled in a sex scandal two years ago, goes to the European court of human rights tomorrow to seek a major restraint on press freedom.

The court will hold an oral hearing to consider whether newspapers and other publishers should warn individuals before writing about their private lives, giving people an opportunity to seek court orders preventing breaches of privacy.

Mosley, son of 1930s British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, won a famous privacy case at London's High Court in July 2008 against a British newspaper which alleged he took part in a Nazi-themed sadomasochistic orgy with prostitutes.

Mosley, 70, admitted paying five women for the sex session but denied there was a Nazi theme, saying the session centred on a prison fantasy.

The court found in his favour and he awarded 60,000 pounds (120,000 dollars, 76,000 euros) in damages against News Group Newspapers, owners of the News of the World tabloid which published the story.

Mosley's counsel, Lord Pannick QC, is bidding to persuade the human rights judges in Strasbourg that despite the financial award made to his client English law has failed to respect his private life, as required by article 8 of the human rights convention.