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Digicel Fiji appeal dismissed

June 12, 2015 6:16 am

The Fiji Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by Digicel Fiji today.

The appeal was in relation to an earlier High Court ruling given in favour of the Fiji Rugby Union and Vodafone Fiji.

Digicel had sought orders that the FRU be restrained from further performing, implementing, announcing, displaying, advertising Fiji 7s players to appear in commercials, advertisements or on billboards) or further concluding sponsorship agreements between FRU and Vodafone.

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Digicel had also asked for FRU to be restrained from using the logos of any of the Vodafone Fiji led consortium on the Fiji 7s team’s jerseys.

Digicel also has to pay costs in the sum of $4,000 to FRU and Vodafone Fiji.