PREMIUM How a WhatsApp chat costs top filmmaker Sh1 million High Court rules that the messages amounted to a legally binding contract. Buzz 1 hour ago

Contract with no words After reviewing the appeal, the High Court found that the trial magistrate had correctly applied the law governing implied contracts and that Gitonga had failed to demonstrate any legal error in the judgment.

Director David Tosh Gitonga must now compensate German filmmaker Christian Kramer after losing an appeal against a Small Claims Court judgment arising from WhatsApp exchanges that helped him secure Netflix funding for the television series “Volume”, which landed three nominations at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in 2024.

Finding no error in the magistrate’s reasoning, the High Court dismissed the appeal in its entirety.