Who is Notary?
Who is a Notary?
A Notary is a qualified lawyer – a member of the third and oldest branch of the legal profession in the United Kingdom. He is appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and is subject to regulation by the Court of Faculties. Both Notaries and Solicitors/Notaries as well as Solicitors are regulated and must comply with stringent practice rules and regulations relating to conduct and discipline. They must be fully insured maintaining cover for the protection of their clients and must keep separate client's account.
The duty of a Notary Public extends not only to the client signing a document but also to those people, institutions or foreign governments who are relying on those document. This means that that the notary observes a high standard of care and the sealing of a document is not merely a "rubber stamping exercise". The Notary will, therefore, verify the information given by the client where possible and issue an appropriate certificate to this effect.