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SCHmULE
BETWEEN:
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NOTICETHATTHE.DEFENDANTS
ARE
REQUESTEDTO
ADMIT
THE
FOlLOW~NGFACTS:
1.ThatinoraboutOctobert998theSecondDefendantfirstenteredintoanarrangementinrespectofthe
NewsoftheWorld
("theArrangement")withtheFirstDefendantunderthetermsofwhichheagreetoobtain,onrequest,intormattonaboutspecificIndividualsandthirdpartiesconnectedtothem,suchastheirfamilyand/orfriendsand/orcolleagues(togetherknownas"theTargets")
by
unlawfulmeansincluding,inparticular,
by
interceptingmobilephonevolcemailmessages.2.ThattheArrangementcontinueduntilthearrestoftheSecondDefendanton8August2006.
3.ThattheArrangementwasevidencedbyaseriesofwrittenagreements
 
betweentheFirstDefendantandtheSecondDefendant(orcompaniescontrolled
by
him):(a)
6
June
2oni'
::'<
f'fInrfrfAntiality
agreement
betweenthe
First
Defendant(signedbyandtheSecondDefendant(Inthename"PaulWmiams")concerningtheprovisionofconfidentialinformationbytheSecond
Defendant
(b)Acontractdated1September2001signed
by:··<;'--,(,,,/\(.o",r
on
behalfoftheFirstDefendantandEuroResearchandInformationServiceslimited(acompanycontrolledbytheSecondDefendant)foraperiodof12months,UnderthiscontracttheSecondDefendantwaspaid
£1769.23
perweek:
£92,000
perannum.(c)Aletterofagreementdated1September2002between
Newsatthe
World
(signed
by
aJournaHst)andEuroResearchandinformationServicesforafurtherperiodof
i
2months.Underthiscontractthe
Second
Defendant
waspaid£1769.23perweek:£92,000perannum.
(el)
An"Addendum"dated23July2003-bywhichtheFirstDefendant,by
:'\,agreed
topaytheSecondDefendantaextra£250perweek,makingthetotalweeklyremuneration£2,019forailextendedservicecovering9.00amto5.00pmMondaystoFridays,plusemergencycallsoutsidethesehours.
(8)
Acontractdated4February2005betweentheSecondDefendant(inthename"PaulWilliams")andtheFirstDefendanttopayatleast£7,000totheSecondDefendantonthepublicationofanexclusivestory
aboutGordonTaylor.
(f)
AnAgreementbetweenNineConsultancyLimited(acompanycontrolledbytheSecondDefendant)andtheFirstDefendant,{signed
by
,~iC\i"i!<}
foraperiod
of12monthsfrom1July2005.UnderthisagreementtheSecondDefendantwaspaid£2,019perweek,£104,988perannum.
(g)
Anemaildated4March2006from
:'l:;L\~F<,\
(i.
onbehalfoftheFirstDefendanttotheSecondDefendantextendingtheagreementof
i
Ju!y
2005
until
2007.
4.ThatthepurposeoftheArrangementbetweentheSecondDefendantandtheFirstDefendantwasthe
obtarning
ofInformationbytheSecondDefendantconcerningtheTargets
by
unlawfUlmeansandthesupplyofsuchinformationtojournalists
Of
editorsWIthaviewtosuchinformationbeingusedinthe
2'
 
investigation,preparationandwritingofarticlestobepublishedinthe
NewsoftheWorfd.
5.ThattheFirst
Defendantand
Its
relatedcompaniesmadethepaymentssetout
lntheattachedScheduletotheSecond
Defendant
orhis
associatedcompanies.
6.Thatthesepaymentswereauthorisedbythe
Newsofthe
World
by
theindividualssetoutintheConfidentialSchedule.7.That
pursuantto
theArrangementtheprimaryunlawfulmeans
by
whichtheSecondDefendantand/orhisassociatesobtainedinformationconcerningthe
Targets
was
by
theinterceptionofvoicernallmessagesand
thenprovidingtranscriptsand/orotherinformationaboutthesemessagesto
Newsofthe
World
journalists.
8.Thatthe
SecondDefendantand/or
his
associates
alsoobtained
informationconcerningtheTargets
by
otherunlawfulmeans,inparticular:
(8.)
Theobtainingofmobiletelephonenumbers,directdialnumbers("DDNs")PINnumbersandothertelephoneaccountdataconcerningtheTargetsindividuals
by
"hlagging"orprocuringtheunauthoriseddisclosureofinformation
by
employeesofmobiletelephonecompaniesorcompaniesprovidingservicestomobiletelephonecompanies.
(b)TheobtainingofcaB
data
concerningthe
Targetsby
"b!agging"orprocmingtheunauthoriseddisclosure
of
Informationbyemployees
of
mobile
telephone
companiesorcompaniesprovidingservicestomobile
telephonecompanies.
(c)Theobtainingoftext
dataconcerningthe
Targets
by"bI2gging"orprocuringtileunauthortseddisclosureofinformation
by
employeesofmobiletelephonecompaniesorcompaniesprovldingservicestomobiletelephonecompanies(d)TheaccessingoftheTargets'smalls.
(e)
TheobtainingofdataconcerningtheTargets'
tocanons
by"blagging"or
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