About Us
Putting justice into words
WATERSIDE PRESS publishes works of interest across the legal system where many of its titles have become staples for practitioners, tutors and librarians. Waterside authors come from a wide range of backgrounds and include for example lawyers, judges, campaigners, ex-offenders, historians, biographers, criminologists and other experts. We also publish works on aspects of social history and seek to blend readability with excellence, diversity, innovation and integrity. In 2010, Waterside Press published Sir William Garrow: His Life Times and Fight for Justice the contents of which were mirrored in the award-winning BBC TV series 'Garrows Law', leading to other projects touching on popular culture or with links to the media.
Founding partner Bryan Gibson is a barrister and member of Gray's Inn who originally worked in the courts. He has written many articles for academic or professional journals as well as for The Times, The Guardian, other national newspapers - including The Stage (as a reviewer of plays) - and BBC TV. As a penal reformer he developed the main blueprint for Unit Fines which reached the Statute Book in 1991 before being abandoned in a notorious Government U-turn. In the 1980s he helped to create 'custody-free zones' for young offenders. As adviser to the Magistrates' Association he worked on the first openly available Sentencing Guidelines in the 1990s. He has been associated with other, similar developments and written more than 20 books.
'Waterside' refers to the Itchen Navigation, Winchester on which the original Waterside Press premises were located. We now occupy premises in Hook (also in Hampshire).Company Address
We moved on 4th January 2008 to:
WATERSIDE PRESS
Sherfield Gables
Sherfield-on-Loddon
Hook
Hampshire
RG27 0JG
United Kingdom
Please update your records. We can no longer receive mail at our old address (Domum Road, Winchester, SO23 9NN, United Kingdom).
Tel:0845 2300 733 or +44 (0)1256 882 250
Fax: +44(0)1256 883 987
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Tel: +44 (0) 1256 882 250
Fax: +44 (0) 1256 883 987
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Tel: 1 800 944 6190
Fax: 1 503 280 8832
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Directors: Bryan Gibson (company secretary) and Dawn Gibson.
Registered Office: Sherfield Gables, Sherfield on Loddon, Hook RG27 0JG
Company number: 4474187.
As part of a transition to limited company status certain works are now published by Waterside Press Ltd (established 2002). These works may also appear on this web-site.
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