eConveyancing: principles, platforms and procedures
Claire Martin and Dr Simon Blount collaborated on an eConveyancing article for the October issue of the Law Society Journal.
Article in a snapshot
The legality of the electronically created and registered interest is the product of the law’s indifference to contractual form and the express legislative intent of the Electronic Conveyancing National Law.
The question of authority to sign is likely to arise in contested transactions.
Digital signatures are only as reliable as the persons entrusted with them.