Facebook first as lawyers use site to track debt-dodgers
A Canberra lawyer who won the right to serve legal documents on two defendants via Facebook says courts around the country will follow his lead.
In what he believes is a world first, lawyer Mark McCormack tracked down a couple who had defaulted on a six-figure loan using the internet and served them with a default judgement.
Mr McCormack says the ACT Supreme Court allowed him to serve the couple via Facebook as well as leaving the actual court papers at their last known address and sending emails.
Earlier this year lawyers acting for the Bulldogs NRL club served player Sonny Bill Williams with a subpoena via SMS text message.
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