A Toronto lawyer took to LinkedIn to share an awkward situation a couple has found themselves in after purchasing tickets to Taylor Swift’s Canadian leg of her mammoth Eras Tour.
Some tickets to Taylor Swift’s shows sold for thousands of dollars, with some resale facilities having tickets listed for CA$ 13,000 (AU$ 14,280).
“The issue was what to do with the tickets from a family law perspective,” Anna-Marie Musson, managing lawyer of M. & Co Law Firm, wrote on social media. “Do they sell them and equalise the proceeds? Or who uses the tickets?”
Musson explained that the biggest issue with the value of the tickets was time sensitivity. The tickets had value before the Eras Tour’s Toronto show but were worthless post-show.
“It raised legal issues on ownership and asset valuation you don’t traditionally see with concert tickets,” she wrote in the post.
The couple and their legal teams were able to negotiate a deal, but her lawyer was unable to share the details of the settlement.
However, both parties were happy with the outcome.
“This is a win in our books, and maybe one or both of them will even be at the concert.”
“From sports memorabilia to concert tickets, it’s essential to balance the practical and sentimental elements when clients are parting ways,” she wrote. “Because whether it’s real estate or front-row seats, everyone deserves to protect what’s meaningful to them.”