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
Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd Sheridan, even though they may have concluded that he had lied in court about "several matters". New Group Newspapers (now part of News UK) lost their appeal against the award of £200,000 damages to Sheridan on 19 August 2016. Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd Sheridan v News Group Newspapers ("Thomas Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd") is a civil court case brought by Tommy Sheridan against the publishers of the "News of the World", which began in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 July 2006. He alleged that the "News of the World" defamed his character