ABSTRACT
An offer by email with an acceptance by email, problems of proof aside, is clearly binding and just as clearly in writing, even though no handwritten signature is in evidence. Although not stated in the case of Foley v The Queen, it is presumed that emails would be considered in like manner as telexes and when employed as a mechanism for transmitting an acceptance, the contract is formed at the place where acceptance is communicated to the offeror.
