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
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