I'm no lawyer but the validity of a contract does not depend upon your full legal name being on a written contract. Logically, that would mean that we could never have unwritten contracts.

AFAIK, "legally binding" means enforceable by law: is a legal contract with offer, acceptance and consideration; does not require illegal action; is not invalidated by illegal behaviour such as fraud.

https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/contract-law

Hammerer:

 

I'm no lawyer but the validity of a contract does not depend upon your full legal name being on a written contract. Logically, that would mean that we could never have unwritten contracts.

 

AFAIK, "legally binding" means enforceable by law: is a legal contract with offer, acceptance and consideration; does not require illegal action; is not invalidated by illegal behaviour such as fraud.

 

https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/contract-law

 

Thanks.

Can anyone who is a lawyer confirm this?

Paul1977:

If your full legal name is "Joseph Peter Smith", and you enter into a contract that has a shortened version of your name like "Joe Smith", is it still a legally binding contract?

Of course it is

I'd say the only point of "full name" is to clearly identify the person. It's still a contract if the full name isn't there. If the person can't be clearly identified, then the contract might not be enforceable. If there's sufficient other information (signature, address, DOB) to identify a single individual, then I'd say it would be enforceable.

When you Signed up for Netflix, did you use your full legal name?

It's also my understanding that even if a contract isn't signed by one or both parties but each of  parties performs their obligations in accordance with those specified in the contract then that contract can be deemed to have come into effect and the requirements of that contract can be legally enforced.

Technofreak:

 

It's also my understanding that even if a contract isn't signed by one or both parties but each of  parties performs their obligations in accordance with those specified in the contract then that contract can be deemed to have come into effect and the requirements of that contract can be legally enforced.

 

In many situations, that does have more than an element of truth. But no one should leave themselves in this situation.

Thanks guys.