On Liberty (Chakrabarti book)

On Liberty
First edition
AuthorShami Chakrabarti
LanguageEnglish
Published2 October 2014
PublisherAllen Lane
Pages208
ISBN9781846148095

On Liberty is a book published in October 2014 by the civil rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti.[1][2][3]

In November 2015 the books publisher was forced to pay out substantial damages to Martin Hemming, the former director general of legal services at the British Ministry of Defence because of false claims in the book. The publishers apologised for the "hurt and distress caused" by the allegations, confirmed they were "without foundation", and agreed to pay Hemming damages and legal costs. [4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Book review: On Liberty by Shami Chakrabarti". The Scotsman. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin (5 October 2014). "On Liberty review – Shami Chakrabarti exposes the tyranny of the state we're in". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ^ Wilson, Ben (3 October 2014). "On Liberty by Shami Chakrabarti, review: 'limited in ambition'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ^ Harley, Nicola (4 November 2015). "Publisher pays out over Army abuse claims by rights activist". Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ "Former chief MoD legal adviser receives apology from Penguin Books". Solicitors Journal. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.


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