SDU_W2_AssignmentB_Signature_Request

1.

ASSIGNMENT W2-B
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IN CLASS
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INDIVIDUAL
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2 POINTS
“Sign it today?”
One email. The law is easy — you heard it in Lecture 2. The marks are for structure.
What to submit
MATTER C
Your client
Tulpar Analytics LLP (TOO “Tulpar Analytics”), Almaty — a data analytics company.
Your contact is Yerlan S., Managing Director.
Counterparty
Halden Retail AB, Malmö, Sweden.
The document
A two-page Services Agreement, fee EUR 18,000, governed by the law of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, disputes to the courts of Almaty. Tulpar must show the
signed agreement to its bank, and would sue in Almaty if the fee is not paid.
Today, 10:20
Today, 10:35
Halden’s manager emails: “Please sign via DocuSign by 17:00 today so we can start
Monday.”
Yerlan emails you: “Is DocuSign enough, or do we need an EDS? Can I sign now? I
have a flight at 14:00.”
One complete email, 150–200 words in the body,
containing all eight components in order.
Handwritten or typed.
Conditions
25 minutes. Individual. No phones, no internet.
Handout 7 (statute card) permitted.
How it is marked
0.25 points for each of the eight components,
correctly performed. 8 × 0.25 = 2.0.
Draft Aisha Seitkali’s reply to Yerlan.
Names, figures and references are invented for teaching. The agreement is not attached — you are advising on method, not
reviewing the draft.
A component that is present but does the wrong
job scores half.

2.

LEAVE THIS ON SCREEN WHILE YOU WRITE
The eight components — your mark sheet
0.25 points each. Write them in this order. If you cannot find one in your own draft, neither can the marker.
1
2
3
4
Subject line
0.25
Matter · issue · what this email is · deadline
Salutation
0.25
Right distance for this reader
Opening move
0.25
One sentence: why this email exists
Answer
0.25
The conclusion, before the reasoning
5
6
7
8
Reasoning
0.25
Signposted. One idea per paragraph
Action block
0.25
Who does what, by when
Scope and reservation
0.25
What this email does not do
Sign-off and block
Identity, capacity, contact
150–200 words in the body · 25 minutes · statute card only · total 2.0 points
0.25

3.

W2-B
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MODEL ANSWER
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DO NOT DISTRIBUTE BEFORE THE DRILL
What full marks looks like
177 words in the body. Each numbered element is worth 0.25.
WHAT THE MARKER LOOKS FOR
1
2
3
4
5
Subject: Tulpar Analytics – Halden Retail — Services Agreement — how to sign — action before 14:00 today
Dear Yerlan,
You asked whether a DocuSign signature is enough for the Halden Services Agreement or whether an EDS is needed, and
whether you can sign before your flight.
Both questions answered
Yerlan asked two things. Component 4 answers
both in one line.
Yes — sign by DocuSign today, and arrange an EDS version this week.
One hedge, not four
Between the parties. The agreement is governed by Kazakhstani law, which leaves the parties free to agree how they
contract. A DocuSign signature is very likely to bind both companies, and nothing in the draft requires another form.
“Very likely to bind” — confident, not evasive, and
honest about what is unverified.
For Kazakhstani use. An electronic document is equivalent to a paper document where it is certified by an electronic
digital signature under Law No. 370-II of 7 January 2003. DocuSign is not an EDS. You will need an EDS version for your
bank and for any claim in an Almaty court.
The EDS point is the law
6
Please sign by DocuSign before 14:00 today and send me the executed PDF. I will ask Halden to counter-sign an EDS
version by Friday 19 September.
7
This advice is based only on the draft you forwarded this morning and is given under Kazakhstani law. Tulpar’s rights are
reserved.
8
Kind regards,
Aisha Seitkali
Full marks do not require the article number. They
require the rule: DocuSign is not an EDS.
A real deadline
14:00 today and Friday 19 September. An action
block without a date is not an action block.
Associate | Corporate & Commercial | Almaty
Component 7 exists
Two sentences. It is the only part that limits the
firm’s exposure.
Verify before class: the effect of a non-EDS electronic signature under Article 152 of the Civil Code — the model states the rule in words, not a bare article number.