Recent remarks by the English High Court in the insolvency case Green (Liquidator of Stealth Construction Limited) -v- Ireland [2011] EWHC 1305 (Ch) suggest that in some circumstances, and at least in the context of fast-moving real property transactions, an exchange of emails may well satisfy the requisite formalities for creation of a binding and enforceable contract.
United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Liquidator (law), Insolvency Act 1986 (UK), High Court of Justice (England & Wales)