* * * The Law Report page of Wednesday's Times
forms a rather grim reminder of the perils amid which newspapers have to navigate in these days. The first case reported hinged on damages and costs which the Daily Mirror incurred in settling a libel action brought against them for publishing a lady's photograph with a wrong name and with derogatory implications ; the Mirror claimed indemnification from the agency which had supplied the photograph—and got it. The second case was one of libel against the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror, and an agreed settlement was announced. The third case was one of libel against John Bull, and John Bull won. The fourth case was one of libel against W. H. Smith and Son for distributing a magazine containing on the front cover the picture of a lady who had not authorised its use and thought its appearance there injurious to her ; hearing adjourned. There are risks not merely in publishing papers but in printing or even distributing them.
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