Tom Bower on the grounds of the story being "substantially true". The action was heard in July 2009 and Desmond lost the case. An unauthorised biography by Bower of Richard Desmond, titled "Rough Trader", was written and printed in 2006, but still awaits publication. In 2011 Bower published a biography of the Formula One executive Bernie Ecclestone titled "No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone." Ecclestone cooperated with Bower in the writing of the book, facilitating introductions to people for Bower. Over lunch Ecclestone told Bower "You write what you like, provided it's more or less the truth, because I'm no
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