Taking care over contracts - another example of an email exchange amounting to a binding agreement

We have seen an increasing willingness among judges in the English courts to accept an exchange of email correspondence as a binding contract, with obvious dangers for businesses trying to adhere to standard contracting terms and policies. 

Lino Di Lorenzo and Simon Cummins discuss the latest example here.

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