Electronic Acceptance

An excellent article in the Solicitors’ Journal on 5 August by John Marsden (solicitorsjournal.com) highlights the common situation of people clicking the “I accept” button, which people do constantly without reading the terms and conditions that they are agreeing to.

UK contract law is based on offer and acceptance and “I accept” on the face of it means just that – Bassano –v- Toft (2014) EWHC 377(QB).

One problem of course is who is actually clicking the button. The person or company making the offer with conditions receives an electronic message having somebody clicking the “I accept” button but who is that somebody? Each party should know whether the other party is who they say they are.

One thing is for sure. Expert advice at an early stage is essential, if there is a dispute

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