The Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a verdict that found a thumbs-up emoji met signature requirements and was a legally binding agreement between Achter and Kent Mickleborough, a ...

A Saskatchewan farmer hoped the Supreme Court of Canada would overturn an earlier decision that found the thumbs-up emoji he sent to South West Terminal counted as a legally binding acceptance of a ...

The judge pointed to a Dictionary.com definition of the thumbs-up emoji, which said it is used to express assent, approval or encouragement in digital communications.

A Saskatchewan judge ruled that using a 'thumbs-up' emoji counts as a contractual agreement when ordering a farmer to pay $82,000.

Saskatchewan farmer wanted to appeal the court decision that a thumbs-up emoji served as a signature to a grain delivery contract.

Court of King's Bench in Regina is shown on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Saskatchewan's highest court has given a thumbs-down to an appeal in a legal case involving the use of an emoji. Photo by Heywood ...

A Saskatchewan farmer must pay thousands of dollars for failing to deliver products after using the thumbs-up emoji to reply to a question. Back in 2021, Kent Mickleborough, a South West Terminal ...

Farmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance By: Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press Posted: 6:14 PM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 5, 2023 Last Modified: 6:50 ...

A judge has ruled a thumbs-up emoji texted in response to a picture of a contract and a request to 'please confirm flax contract' amounted to an agreement. (Jacy Schindel/CBC) ...

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement and ordered a farmer to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering product to a grain buyer after ...