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
Blasphemous libel on 8 July 2008 by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 created an offence of inciting hatred against a person on the grounds of their religion. Blasphemous libel is an offence under the common law of Northern Ireland. Section 7 of the Libel Act 1843 creates a defence. See also the Criminal Libel Act 1819, the Libel Act 1792 and section 8 of the Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888. Blasphemous libel Blasphemous libel was originally an offence under the common law of England. Today, it is an offence under the common