{"id":5,"date":"2017-07-20T13:53:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T13:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexwade.dns-systems.net\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:39:11","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexwade.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer, Libel Lawyer, Journalist &#038; Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5\" class=\"elementor elementor-5\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-oryxc8e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"oryxc8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"intro\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;split&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 20\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M519.8,0.2c-11,0-19.8,8.5-19.8,19c0-10.4-8.8-19-19.8-19L0,0v20h1000V0.2H519.8z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e8tc0n\" data-id=\"1e8tc0n\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ch66hv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ch66hv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/alexwade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex_260613_mjn_000124crop-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-96\" alt=\"Alex Wade\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6v7u518 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6v7u518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Alex Wade is a <a href=\"#books\">writer<\/a>, <a href=\"#lawyer\">libel lawyer<\/a>, <a href=\"#journalist\">journalist<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"#editor\">editor<\/a>. <\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd8lwbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd8lwbe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"books\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-n10bd15\" data-id=\"n10bd15\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w0brk1x elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"w0brk1x\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Books<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-z39ouo4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"z39ouo4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"ltr\"><div><div>Alex Wade is the author of a novel,\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/flackslastshift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flack\u2019s Last Shift<\/a><\/i>, and four non-fiction books \u2013\u00a0<i>Wrecking Machine: A Tale of Real Fights and White Collars<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Surf Nation: In Search of the Fast Lefts and Hollow Rights of Britain and Ireland<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Amazing Surfing Stories <\/i>and<i>\u00a0A Season on the Med &#8211; Riviera Football in Italy and France (With a Trip to Athens for Stan).<\/i>\u00a0He has also contributed to other books, including Time Out guides and Dorling Kindersley\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Road Less Travelled<\/i>, and worked as a ghost-writer on John Spencer\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Importance of Being Ethical<\/i>.\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Alex\u00a0has appeared at a number of literary festivals, including Port Eliot, Penzance and Budleigh Salterton.\u00a0He is a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.societyofauthors.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Society of Authors<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0former chairman of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Surfers Against Sewage<\/a>. Currently living in Menton, France, Alex co-hosts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyonthemed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FootyontheMed<\/a>\u00a0podcast with John O&#8217;Hare.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-xi0srou elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"xi0srou\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-k8erct1\" data-id=\"k8erct1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ky8t08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ky8t08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Wrecking-Machine-Fights-White-Collars\/dp\/1416522530\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1500573453&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=wrecking+machine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/alexwade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wreckingmachine.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alexwade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wreckingmachine.jpg 335w, http:\/\/alexwade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wreckingmachine-201x300.jpg 201w\" 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class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-129\" alt=\"Alex Wade - A Season on the Med\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alexwade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Season-on-the-Med.jpg 390w, http:\/\/alexwade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Season-on-the-Med-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7pgnls elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7pgnls\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"lawyer\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-m9l0rsg\" data-id=\"m9l0rsg\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1sr9y1k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1sr9y1k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Libel Law<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ezo9tc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ezo9tc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- squire -->Alex qualified as a solicitor with Carter-Ruck in 1994 and has spent his career working as a libel lawyer for a number of newspapers and publishers, in particular The Times, Guardian and Independent. He has advised many authors and publishers on legal issues in their manuscripts, while also acting for film, TV and podcast production companies. In June 2017, Alex joined specialist pre-publication law firm\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.reviewedandcleared.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewedandcleared.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reviewed &amp; Cleared Ltd<\/a>.\u00a0 In February 2022, Alex became Reviewed and Cleared\u2019s CEO and a partner with Wiggin LLP. He then acquired R&amp;C in a management buy-out and scaled the business to a team of some 50 people, working out of London, Dubai and New York. In September 2025, Alex sold R&amp;C to the directors he&#8217;d appointed, so that he could concentrate on working as CO-CEO of ClearDraft, an AI-powered legal clearance business. For more information, see <a title=\"http:\/\/www.cleardraft.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cleardraft.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.cleardraft.com<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-kh79t9q elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"kh79t9q\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"journalist\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-phsexc9\" data-id=\"phsexc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-343gvqv elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"343gvqv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Journalism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-sxvxat3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"sxvxat3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As well as working as a libel lawyer, Alex also built up a career as a successful freelance journalist, writing mainly on law, sport, literature, art and travel. He has written for all the UK broadsheets, reviews books for the Times Literary Supplement, and in 2009 was short-listed by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsjournalists.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.sportsjournalists.co.uk\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1500654332123000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHzcX2RJFh-djDvMrS1oB1VjnKXg\">Sports Journalists&#8217; Association<\/a>\u00a0as sports feature writer of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ou739zl elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"ou739zl\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-full'><figure 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