Notarial Appointment is a separate and distinct element of legal service in England. The role of English Notaries is expanding, with increasing demand for both commercial and individual purposes, due to the Single European Market, widening trade generally and increasing personal mobility.
A Notary is an officer of the law whose public office and duty it is to draw, attest, authenticate and certify for use anywhere in the world, deeds and other documents, under his signature and official seal, so as to render them acceptable, as proof of the matter attested by him, to the judicial or other public authorities in the country where they are to be used.
The prime role of a Notary is to authenticate and validate, as an impartial and legally trained witness, the execution of documents required or intended for use outside the U.K.
Notarial requirements vary from country to country. By virtue of the international status of his office, the signature and seal of a Notary is recognised as evidence of a responsible legal officer in most countries of the world.
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attesting the signature and execution of documents |
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authenticating the execution of documents
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authenticating the contents of documents |
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administration of oaths and declarations |
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drawing up or noting (and extending) protests of happenings to ships, crews and cargoes |
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presenting bills of exchange for acceptance and payment and to note and protest bills in cases of dishonour and to prepare acts of honour |
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attending upon the drawing of bonds |
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drawing mercantile documents, deeds agreements and wills in English and (via translation), in foreign languages for use in Britain, the Commonwealth and other foreign countries |
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verifying the making of translations from foreign languages
to English and vice versa |
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taking evidence in England and Wales as a Commissioner for Oaths
for foreign courts |
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the provision of Notarial copies |
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powers of attorney, corporate records, contracts |
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international domain name transfers |
