Signing electronically explained

Most of us have already signed at least one document via an electronic signature application, but you will have also been in situations where your solicitor has required you to sign a document in wet ink.  In fact, having experienced electronic signature, you might be asking yourself, in this day and age, how can we still be signing documents in wet ink?

The truth is that signing documents electronically is now accepted for most documents, but there remain some exceptions.

In this article, we look at what documents can be signed electronically and what makes an electronic signature legally effective.

Understanding differences between legal documents

Contractual documents can generally be divided into two broad categories, deeds and agreements.