Tom Bower "", an investigation into corruption in English football. Bower's joint biography of Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel "" was published in November 2006. In February 2007, Black filed a libel suit in Toronto against Bower over the contents of the book. The suit was frozen when Black was convicted of fraud and imprisoned. The "Daily Express" proprietor Richard Desmond brought a libel action against Bower over a passing reference in "Dancing on the Edge". Desmond claimed that the book included an account of an incident that weakened his "super-tough" reputation as a businessman and was therefore defamatory. Bower denied libel
Libel (admiralty law) the officer to attach it, which is considered sufficient notice to the owners. The libel must be verified by the libellant, as the complainant is called, or the complainant's agent if the complainant is without the jurisdiction. The term comes from the old French "libel", "libelle", "libeau", corresponding to , from , diminutive of , book, inner bark of a tree. The name was borrowed from the Roman law where a pleading known as the "libellus conventionis" was employed to commence an action. The word libel continued to designate the first pleading in an action under the civil law. It