New Zealand High Court and Facebook
A High Court judge has approved the serving of court papers via Facebook, the popular social network website.
The High Court in Wellington was told that Axe Market Garden is trying to sue Craig Axe who is alleged to have taken $241,000 from the firm account.
Counsel for the company Daniel Vincent said the plaintiff was effectively Axe’s father John and there were difficulties in serving papers on his son.
Craig Axe was known to be living in Britain but his exact whereabouts were not known.
Mr Vincent said Axe had corresponded via email and was also known to have a Facebook site.
He asked Justice David Gendall if he would take the unusual step of approving a secondary service order on Axe via Facebook and email to avoid him frustrating his client’s court action.
Justice Gendall approved the step.
The ruling is also an interesting indication of the increasing role that Facebook is playing in people’s lives.
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