"I consider that the header within a WhatsApp 'chat' identifying the sender is analogous to the email address that is added by the relevant service provider to the top of an email. It is not, as I see it, part of the actual message itself, but merely provides a mechanism designed by the relevant service provider to allow the sender of the email or WhatsApp message to be identified."
"She went on to fight an important legal test case at the High Court over when statements made in WhatsApp messages become legally binding. Ms Lin insisted that messages her ex sent her before his bankruptcy legitimately handed sole ownership to her and that because they appeared on her phone under his name and from his device, they amounted to a "written and signed" document."
A divorced couple's north London house became the subject of a High Court test case after the husband was made bankrupt one week before the divorce award. The wife claimed WhatsApp messages from her ex transferred sole ownership to her and that the messages, appearing under his name and from his device, amounted to a written and signed document. The High Court considered when WhatsApp statements become legally binding and found the chat header analogous to an email address added by the service provider, incidental to the message and not a signature. The wife's arguments were dismissed and she was ordered to vacate the property by the end of July next year.
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