A Saskatchewan agricultural company has requested the Supreme Court of Canada rule on whether a thumbs-up emoji texted to a retail partner can constitute a legal contract.
The legal issue of whether a thumbs-up emoji can solidify a contract is once again at issue, as one of the parties in a long-running dispute has made a request for Canada's highest court to consider the case. A Saskatchewan agricultural company is asking Canada's highest court to rule on whether responding to a contract proposal with a thumbs-up emoji is a legally binding signature.
The seller is now requesting that the Supreme Court of Canada consider whether a thumbs-up emoji or similar message, combined with metadata that indicates who sent the text message, can be a legally binding signature. "The facts here are unique because this was not a one-off contract that was entered into in this fashion, it was a pattern of contracting that is not as likely to repeat itself in other places," Morrison said.
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