In his time on the bench Sir Oliver was one of the two High Court Judges assigned to deal with libel matters. He therefore dealt with a great many of the high profile cases cases coming before the Queen's Bench Division such as;
Hamilton -v- Al Fayad,
Michael Jackson -v- The Daily Mirror,
Rupert Allason -v- The Daily Mirror,
Linford Christie -v- Spiked magazine amongst others.