Thursday 5 September 2019

UK: England and Wales: Law Commission report on the electronic execution of documents

The Law Commission (England and Wales) published its report on the electronic execution of documents yesterday: see here (pdf). A summary, which includes a statement of the law on execution with an electronic signature, is available here (pdf). The report makes several recommendations including the creation of multi-disciplinary, industry working group to consider the practical issues relating to the electronic execution of documents.

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