Court Serves Documents via Facebook
A court in Australia has served its court orders via the social networking website Facebook. The court served the legally binding documents on a couple who defaulted payment of their mortgage and failed to turn up for the hearing in court. The article which covers this news points out that while serving of court orders via electronic means is possible in Australia and England courts in Scotland are yet to move with the times. The article which would be of interest to staff facilitating Web 2.0 services like Facebook and legal staff at institutions can be accessed at http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=72118.
(12/01/09)