Electronic writing, signatures

[Peter Sommer]

Nicholas Bohm says:
>The Law Commission, to my surprise, conclude that even without the
>Electronic Communications Act 2000 the law already recognises e-mail and
>websites as being in writing within the usual statutory meaning, and
>recognises typed names or the clicking of "sign now" buttons as signatures.
>  The use of PKC or other technical methods for signatures affects the
>weight to be given to the evidence in the case of a dispute, nothing more.

The Law Commission's conclusions are what I had hoped for - there was in 
fact almost no need for ECA, 2000 - other than to make the Government feel 
it was doing something to promote electronic commerce.

Peter



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