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156.—(1) A notice or statement must be in writing unless the 1986 Act or these Rules provide otherwise.
(2) A document in electronic form must be capable of being—
(a)read by the recipient in electronic form, and
(b)reproduced by the recipient in hard copy form.
157.—(1) A document in hard copy form is sufficiently authenticated if it is signed.
(2) If a document is authenticated by the signature of an individual on behalf of—
(a)a body of persons, the document must also state the position of that individual in relation to the body;
(b)a body corporate of which the individual is the sole member, the document must also state that fact.
(3) A document in electronic form is sufficiently authenticated—
(a)if the identity of the sender is confirmed in a manner specified by the recipient, or
(b)where no such manner has been specified by the recipient, if the communication contains or is accompanied by a statement of the identity of the sender and the recipient has no reason to doubt the truth of that statement.
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