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
Cynthia Bower said by Grant Thornton to be present at a meeting where deletion of a critical report was allegedly discussed. Bower and Jefferson immediately denied being involved in a cover-up. In a later interview with "The Independent", Bower accused the CQC of commissioning the Grant Thornton report that was neither fair nor reasonable and “against natural justice”, but admitted that the CQC inspection whilst she was CEO had failed to uncover failings at Morecambe Bay trust: ""We should have registered it with conditions."" Cynthia Bower Cynthia Bower (born 6 July 1955) is a former manager in the National Health Service, and