MajorCoco
Well-Known Member
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The Bills of Exchange act has not been superseded, a link to the latest available (revised).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
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).
http://www.legislation.gov.uk//ukpga/2000/7