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[bill cobbett]

Came across this on the GB BBC news site.

Known for a while that there are many ways to serve GB Court Papers, but now it seems this has been extended to the use of social networks. Also interesting to know that email can also be used. It may even be acceptable to post a GB summons on this and other Forums.

Becoming even more difficult for the Land Scammers to hide in "Mersin 10".

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Court order served over Twitter
1 October 09 18:44

The High Court has given permission for an injunction to be served via social-networking site Twitter.
The order is to be served against an unknown Twitter user who anonymously posts to the site using the same name as a right-wing political blogger.
The order demands the anonymous Twitter user reveal their identity and stop posing as Donal Blaney, who blogs at a site called Blaney's Blarney.
The order says the Twitter user is breaching the copyright of Mr Blaney.
He told BBC News that the content being posted to Twitter in his name was "mildly objectionable".
Mr Blaney turned to Twitter to serve the injunction rather than go through the potentially lengthy process of contacting Twitter headquarters in California and asking it to deal with the matter.
UK law states that an injunction does not have to be served in person and can be delivered by several different means including fax or e-mail.
Danvers Baillieu, a solicitor specialising in technology, said it was possible for anyone to approach the court about any method of serving an injunction if the traditional methods are unavailable.
"The rules already allow for electronic service of some documents, so that they can be sent by e-mail, and it should also be possible to use social networks," he said.
Mr Blaney decided to use Twitter after a recent case in Australia where Facebook was used to serve a court order.
The blogger, who is also a lawyer and owns the firm serving the order, said that he thought that it was the first time Twitter had been used to deliver a court order.
The injunction - known as the Blaney's Blarney Order - is due to be served at 1930 BST and will include a link to the text of the full court order.

[Oracle]

.... It may even be acceptable to post a GB summons on this and other Forums..

Brilliant! I think we discussed this possibility some time ago. Good to see the Courts are progressive ...

[Expatkiwi]

.... It may even be acceptable to post a GB summons on this and other Forums..

Brilliant! I think we discussed this possibility some time ago. Good to see the Courts are progressive ...

Have to agree here. Lack of progress in socially keeping up with technological advances makes humanity look rather backward...

[bill cobbett]

May I just add to the OP by saying that this may or not apply to CY in that I don't know the CY Courts' policy on the newer communication technologies.