MajorCoco
Well-Known Member
Fair enough if it never makes it to court, but what I meant was that there is other legislation relating to contract law which has more bearing on this. Contract law says that you can sign a contract digitally, irrespective of what is said in the bill of exchange (which by the way is relevant to only a very specific type of contract, such as the contract the bank of england is under to print money and guarantee its value).That's the whole point, it never goes to court but in response yes it does hold up.
A contract can NOT be digitally signed per the Bill of Exchange act, nor can it be signed by a none human entity as they have no 'right or mind' to enter into contract.
The Bills of Exchange act has not been superseded, a link to the latest available (revised).
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/45-46/61
http://www.legislation.gov.uk//ukpga/2000/7