Carina Trimingham loses privacy case against Daily Mail A judge has ruled Carina Trimingham's expectation of privacy was limited due to her business and personal ties with Chris Huhne, a politician who had campaigned on how much he valued his family. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images Carina Trimingham has lost her high court claim for damages for alleged breach of privacy and harrassment against the Daily Mail. Mr Justice Tugendhat on Wednesday morning issued a written judgment finding against Trimingham, the partner of Chris Huhne, in the case she brought against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers following a series of articles about her. Associated Newspapers had contested the case on the grounds that there was an important public interest in the stories the Daily Mail published about Trimingham. Tugendhat said: "Ms Trimingham was not the purely private figure she claims to be. Her reasonable expectation of privacy has become Limited. This is mainly by reason of her involvement with Mr Huhne, both professionally as his press agent and personally as his secret mistress, in circumstances where he campaigned with a leaflet to the electorate of Eastleigh about how much he valued his family. He dismissed her claim, refused her permission to appeal and ordered her to pay Associated Newspapers' legal costs. Tugendhat said £250,000, which is covered by her insurance, must be paid within 14 days and the balance of the £410,000 total she must find later. Trimingham took action over 65 articles published over 15 months from June 2010 in the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, the majority in the daily title. She was the press officer of Huhne, the former environment secretary, during the 2010 general election when he was seeking re-election as Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh in Hampshire. She was at the time in a civil partnership with partner Julie Bennett. In January last year Huhne was divorced by his wife, Vicky Price, because of his admitted adultery with Trimingham. He is taking no part in the action and was be called to give evidence. Huhne's trial with his ex wife for allegedly perverting the course of justice over a driving offence is due to be heard in October. Daily Mail journalist Andrew Pierce gave a robust statement outside the high court on Wednesday, saying that the judgment was a "vindication of our journalists and our journalism." He said that Trimingham had been working in public relations for a number of years and "when she left her wife to move in with a cabinet minister she knew this would be part of the story and the judgment excepted that." He described it as "an important day for our journalism." Asked if he regretted any of the Mail's coverage or felt sympathy for Trimingham, Pierce replied that the paper had been "utterly vindicated by that judgment," adding: "She says in court she's in love with Chris Huhne and I wish her all the happiness with that." Trimingham, also speaking outside court, said: "I'm extremely disappointed by this judgment. There is a ray of light however. Thankfully the court has excepted today that repeated mocking of a person by a national newspaper by reference by their sexual orientation would be so oppressive as to amount to harassment. However, the court did not appreciate that when national newspapers make repeated irrelevant references to my sexuality - particularly in the context of pejorative and stereotypical reference to appearance - it amounts to the same kind of mocking which the court has confirmed is unacceptable. This is confused, and I think wrong. I am very concerned that this judgement may become a blueprint for bullies and bigots. I intend to appeal.