Thumbs up emoji: Sask. Appeal dismissed [Video]

An appeal to a legal case that made international headlines has been dismissed by Saskatchewan’s highest court.

The Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan upheld the original verdict – which found that a “thumbs up” emoji was a legally binding agreement between Achter Land & Cattle Ltd. (ALC) and South West Terminal Ltd. (SWT)

On March 26, 2021, a representative of SWT sent a text to the owners of Achter with details of a flax delivery agreement. Following several calls, the contract was drafted.

The SWT representative took a photo of the signed contract and sent it to one of Achter’s owners with the message, “Please confirm flax contract.”

The Achter owner responded with a “thumbs up” emoji with no accompanying text.

However, the 87 metric tonnes of flax was not delivered to SWT in November.

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