David Eady Appeal for his conduct during the 2009 libel case involving Richard Desmond and Tom Bower. Eady disallowed several pieces of evidence against Desmond which the Appeal Court ruled were clearly relevant to the case. The Court of Appeal judges ruled that Eady's decision was "plainly wrong" and "might lead to a miscarriage of justice". After hearing the evidence, the jury found in favour of Bower. In December 2009, Eady commented in "The Guardian" on some of this criticism, saying that "The media have nowhere to vent their frustrations other than through personal abuse of the particular judge who happens to
Odgers on Libel and Slander Odgers on Libel and Slander A Digest of the Law of Libel and Slander, also known as Odgers on Libel and Slander and Odgers on Libel, is a book on the law of defamation by William Blake Odgers. According to the review of the third edition of this book in volume 16 of "Law Quarterly Review", published in 1900, the "Daily News" called it "the best modern book on the law of libel", the "Law Times" called it "the most scientific of all our law books" and said that "in its new dress" it was "secure of an appreciative professional