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
Justin Bower Justin Bower Justin D. Bower (born 23 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Johannesburg, South Africa. Bower took part in the main draw of three Grand Slam tournaments during his career. He first appeared at the 1999 Australian Open, where he lost in the opening round to Andrei Medvedev. In the 2000 Wimbledon Championships he defeated Davide Sanguinetti in the first round, then lost to fourth seed Gustavo Kuerten. He returned to Wimbledon two years later and got beaten in five sets by Stefan Koubek in the first round. The South African appeared in four Davis Cup