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WhatsApp Texts Are Not Contracts, Judge Rules in $2M Divorce Row


A British painter who argued that her ex-husband had signed over their $2 million north London home through WhatsApp messages has lost her High Court appeal after the judge ruled that the sender's name appearing in a chat header does not constitute a legal signature. Hsiao-mei Lin, 54, presented m...

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