Signatures vs. initials – what are the differences?
Signing and initialing a contract are actions that every businessman and businesswoman who comes into contact with contracts has performed. That is, everyone 🙂 Both of these terms have permanently settled in speech and writing and…. are repeatedly used interchangeably. So what is the difference between a signature and an initial? That’s what you’ll read about in this article!
Is it worth scanning the contract?
Signing contracts by hand and sending back scans of them is a common practice. But can it be called fully secure? Is a scanned contract reliable for everyone?
It turns out that the integrity of such a document, i.e. its unaltered form after signing, can be very easily compromised. This raises problems in proving the conclusion of a contract in a given form in court. What is the reason for this? Why should you think twice before entering into a scanned contract?
