Is it lawful to commission documents online or virtually? The short answer is yes, online commissioning is a valid way of administering an oath or affirmation. Traditionally, commissioning documents required parties to physically appear before a commissioner of oaths to [...]
Is a witness signature required? What are the rules for a contract witness? Clients often ask us whether a witness needs to sign an agreement. There are often two spaces on documents for a witness to sign in addition [...]
People everywhere want to know if they can eSign or use an online signature to sign documents, and whether or not such electronic signatures really are important. They want to know about how the law recognises electronic signatures. They're asking [...]
Many organisations are taking processes and looking to see how they can do them electronically and automatically. Putting digital first or moving from a paper-based environment to a digital environment. There are obviously huge benefits to going digital - saving [...]
Most of us have experienced the frustration of chasing hand-written signatures. This can be a long and expensive process, especially when the people whose signatures are required are unable to meet, are far away, or just have very busy schedules. [...]
Advanced electronic signatures are those electronic signatures which have ‘passed a test' or been accredited. Think of this as a type of "stamp of approval". Without it, certain electronic signatures will simply not be considered good enough to be used [...]
For a long time, many people wondered when getting and using an advanced electronic signature would be possible. They are finally a reality now, and the law even specifically requires you to use them in some cases. An advanced electronic [...]
To sign documents is often a time-consuming and frustrating business. It can take weeks to get a signature from each party on a document. This is often how it plays out: one party prints two copies of a document signs both [...]
The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform published the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill on the 9th of March earlier this year. This marked a thirty-day period where the public commented on the changes the Bill proposes to the Deeds [...]
Is it possible to cancel a contract and to sign it with just the use of emails? In the case of Spring Forest Trading v Wilberry, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal held that electronic signatures were binding and [...]
