Liberties Press hit the headlines in 2012 when it announced plans to publish When We Dance by Melanie Verwoerd. Businessman Dave Kavanagh filed an injunction to prevent the book from being released. Kavanagh alleged that he was defamed in the book: the first half of the book covered Verwoerd's early life in South Africa; the second half dealt with, among other things, her relationship with broadcaster Gerry Ryan. The effort to seek an injunction was withdrawn after the case came before the High Court. The book entered the bestseller lists at no. 2 and went to no. 1 the following week.
