Arthur Davidson obituary

The former Labour MP Arthur Davidson, who has died aged 91, was one of the most experienced – and certainly the longest-serving – media lawyers of his generation.After winning the Lancashire seat of Accrington in the 1966 general election, Davidson began his long association with Fleet Street as the backbench libel lawyer on the old London Evening News.Later he was legal director of Associated Newspapers (1985–91) and after that for the Daily Mirror (1991–93).