I bought a flat yesterday. The final stages involved going to a bank and signing about 50 pieces of paper, then signing more with the realtor who also had to arrive at the same time.
I couldn't help noticing that my signatures were very very different on the first few papers I signed compared to the last few.
I think I was suffering from signature fatigue, but despite everybody exchanging passports and IDs, I wonder if I could come back later and "prove" the signatures on some of the papers were not my own - after all they look so different..
Signatures on important documents are often witnessed, and it's more about having some mark on the page that indicates 'yep I agree to this too' in case of dispute.
You can pretty much write your name any way you like; as you say it would come down to an argument of you saying it wasn't you and a reasonable arbiter deciding how likely it is that the pages you're disputing have been added after the fact
The bank's camera could prove you were there, and the GPS in your phone (e.g. Google Maps) could as well. It can work in your advantage or disadvantage depending on the situation.
I couldn't help noticing that my signatures were very very different on the first few papers I signed compared to the last few.
I think I was suffering from signature fatigue, but despite everybody exchanging passports and IDs, I wonder if I could come back later and "prove" the signatures on some of the papers were not my own - after all they look so different..