HM Land Registry has taken a decisive step towards all-digital conveyancing by inviting solicitors and others to start submitting applications that include documents authenticated with so-called qualified electronic signatures. The move follows several years of investigations of the technology for witness-free signatures.
Qualified electronic signatures are digital signatures complying with the 2014 EU’s eIDAS regulation, adopted in the UK under the eIDAS Regulation (UK eIDAS). They are signatures authenticated by third-party 'trust services providers' approved by the Information Commissioner's Office.
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