A farmer faces paying out almost £50,000 after using a thumbs-up emoji.
Chris Achter, from Saskatchewan, Canada, argued that the emoji was a mere acknowledgement of receipt, but a judge ruled it as an agreement to the terms outlined in the contract.
Subsequently, Mickleborough resorted to legal action. Mickleborough claimed that he had discussed the potential purchase with Achter over the phone, expressing his intention to buy the grain in November of that year. Mickleborough argued that he had previously entered into contracts with Achter through text messages, and thus, he believed that the emoji confirmed their agreement.
While acknowledging that a signature is the conventional way of confirming one's identity, Justice Keene maintained that modern-day methods, such as emojis, could also serve as valid means of confirming a contract. He declared that an emoji could function as a digital signature.
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