Can I Use SMS Text Messages As Evidence In Court?

I thought I'd share any questions that I get, and feel may be of particular interest to you.


So, here goes...


- Can SMS Text Messages be used as evidence in the UK Courts?

Well, they may be considered by a Court, but you would need to be able to show the whole text exchange and call log for the period in question (i.e. it is not good enough to show isolated text messages, as this would not represent a true reflection of the text exchange, and is easily manipulated).


So, if your phone doesn’t keep a lot of messages, and you want to rely on text messages as evidence, you would need to download them and print them, or record them all in writing. You would also need to make your phone available to the Court and the other party (solicitor) for checking.

In the end, as with most things, it is at the discretion of the Judge what is, and what is not accepted as evidence.




http://www.yourmckenziefriend.co.uk