Hong Kong: COVID-19 - Signing documents and entering into contracts remotely when working from home

Hong Kong is a common law jurisdiction. The form which a contract takes is therefore largely irrelevant to the question of its validity and enforceability. With some exceptions, it is the substance and not the form that defines a contract. Whilst the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553) (ET Ordinance) sets out provisions in relation to electronic transactions, the development of electronic contracting can largely be accommodated within the existing contract law framework.