In a precedent case, a New Zealand High Court judge has approved serving of court papers through Facebook.
After hearing a case in which Axe Market Garden is trying to sue Craig
Axe over allegedly taking $241,000 from the company account, the High
Court in Wellington approved serving court papers to the defendant
using Facebook. Craig Axe currently resides in Britain, but his address
is unavailable, so Justice David Gendall made the decision to use
Facebook to send Axe his service order.
Counsel for the company Daniel
Vincent, who suggested using Facebook to serve Axe's court papers, says
he believes it is the first time the social networking site has been
used for court correspondence in New Zealand.
Facebook is pleased by the ruling, as it validates the site as a
reliable, secure and private communication medium. The decision also
generates some free publicity for the company, such as the article you
are currently reading.
So there you have it, if you're trying to evade a court order, delete your Facebook account.
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