Email Contract Formation in South Korea – Seoul High Court Ruling
Atlas Legal has published a practical guide explaining when email and messenger exchanges form binding contracts under South Korean law — and how to prove it in court. The guide centers on Seoul High Court Case No. 2021Na2049490 (decided August 17, 2022), in which a Korean manufacturer successfully recovered approximately USD 375,595 from an Uzbek […]
Payment to Employee’s Account — When Is It Valid Discharge in South Korea?
In a case where a frozen seafood buyer had wired a total of KRW 2,224,961,500 to third-party accounts at the supplier’s sales manager’s direction, a South Korean court dismissed the supplier’s goods payment claim in its entirety — finding that the sales manager held implicit authority to collect payments on the supplier’s behalf. Case Overview […]