A 20-month investigation by the Commission into electronic signatures has ruled they are a legally viable alternative to handwritten ones including on deeds from trust documents to powers of attorney, commercial deals, personal financial transactions and across Government.

These can include signing electronically not just with a “written” signature but also a tick in a box, an X, initials only, a printed name or even a description of the signatory such as “your loving mother.”

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