Introduction: The Popular Appetite for Scandal
Michael Rubinstein
1. A Look at the Law
H. Montgomery Hyde
2. Freer Speech – and Privacy
Louis Blom-Cooper, Q.C.
3. Reading between the Lines – The Lawyers and the News Desk
Anthony Lincoln, Q.C.
4. Libel – A Book Publisher’s View
William Kimber
5. Eye Witness
Richard Ingrams
6. News and Abuse
Cecil H. King
7. A Libel Case as seen by a Successful Plaintiff
Eugene Gros
8. The Writer and the Writ
Michael Rubinstein
9. Defamation as Contempt of Parliament
Louis A. Abraham, C.B., C.B.E.
Appendix I: May Day in Court
Harold Laski
Appendix II: Punitive Damages and the PQ 17 Libel Case
‘Justinian’
Biography
Michael Rubinstein was a solicitor who specialized in representing publishers and authors including Chatto & Windus, Sidgwick & Jackson, Hodder & Stoughton, Jonathan Cape, Victor Gollancz, and Penguin Books. He served the Society for the Promotion of New Music as trustee, chairman, and then vice-president.
Review of the first publication:
'…the merit of this book lies in its emphasis on libel practice.'
— Renn Wortley, Melbourne University Law Review
