Ban on Verwoerd memoir lifted after settlement

A book by the former partner of late broadcaster Gerry Ryan is back on the shelves today after a High Court action temporarily preventing its distribution was settled.

Ban on Verwoerd memoir lifted  after settlement

When We Dance, an autobiography by Melanie Verwoerd, was due to go on sale last week when music promoter David Kavanagh, a friend of Mr Ryan, obtained a temporary injunction preventing its sale, claiming he had been defamed in the book.

Yesterday, the High Court was due to hear an application to continue that injunction, pending the full hearing of Mr Kavanagh’s action.

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