There is no doubting that social networking sites are a massive part of
\nmodern life and lots of us spend time every day on Facebook, Twitter and
\nLinked-In, but one less obvious use for social networking sites is to use
\nthem to interact with tenants, including chasing them when they owe you
\nmoney!<\/p>\n
Tenants who have fallen into rent arrears or owe money for damage done to The judge presiding over a commercial dispute ruled that Facebook could This important ruling could now set a precedent for money claims<\/a> against There is no doubting that social networking sites are a massive part of modern life and lots of us spend time every day on Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In, but one less obvious use for social networking sites is to use … Continue reading
\na property can sometimes be difficult to locate if you have no forwarding
\naddress for them. However, thanks to a recent judgement, serving legal<\/a>
\n claims<\/a> via popular social networking sites could be a new and easy way to
\nstart a money claim.<\/p>\n
\nbe used as a virtual address when it proved to be difficult to locate a
\nformer employee who had been accused of overcharging commission to his
\nclients. Papers had been served on the defendant\u2019s only known previous
\naddress, but since nobody could be certain that he still lived there, the
\ncourt was asked if the notice could be served via an active Facebook
\naccount. Permission was granted as there was good evidence produced to
\nshow that the defendant was a regular user of Facebook.<\/p>\n
\nelusive tenants, allowing them to be served via popular social networking
\nsites (this already happens in Australia and New Zealand). And since a
\njudge allowed Twitter to be used to serve an injunction in a previous
\ncase, landlords could soon be using social networking sites to claw back
\nmoney from absconding tenants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"