Reply to post: Re: Signature versus signature block

Careful now, UK court ruling says email signature blocks can sign binding contracts

James 139

Re: Signature versus signature block

But the question is, what does count as a legal signature?

Putting your name at the end of an email? "Yours, Joe Bloggs"

Putting an image of your actual signature?

Using a 3rd party like DocuSign?

Putting your name and not disclaiming it? As in this email example.

Can you avoid signing anything by not putting your name at the end?

Do people then argue that, because you sent it and your name is in the From field, then you have effectively signed it anyway?

It is one thing to set out to deliberately sign something, but something quite different to accidentally do so without intending it.

I'm not advocating for or against either, it just makes me wonder.

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