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Fairfax ordered to supply emails on secret
March 20, 2008 05:49am
A NEWSPAPER has been ordered to hand over emails sent to a WA rugby official accused of leaking information about secret payments to top players.
The West Australian Rugby Union is suing its former chief financial officer David Round for undisclosed damages, claiming he breached his employment contract by passing on confidential information to The Sydney Morning Herald investigations editor Gerard Ryle.
The WARU is seeking a court injunction to stop Mr Round using or disclosing the information again.
The West Australian Supreme Court ordered Ryle and the newspaper to provide hundreds of emails and notes of phone conversations with Mr Round as part of the civil action by the WARU.
A Fairfax spokesman said yesterday the company would appeal.
I hope it turns out SMH are guilty of some serious misconduct....
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