Wednesday 1 August 2012

Darren Olivier

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It has been reported today that a South African court has followed decisions made in other countries to allow for service of legal notices on social network addresses:

"Legal history was made in the Durban High Court on Tuesday when Judge Esther Steyn agreed to allow service of a notice on a man being sued on his social networking Facebook page. The judge said she would give reasons for her ruling on Friday."

Full story here.

Darren Olivier

Darren Olivier

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