Commissioner for Oaths

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Legal Advice & Guidance

A Commissioner for Oaths is appointed by the Lord Chancellor. The powers granted are to administer oaths, take affidavits and statutory declarations.

This is an appointment, automatically granted to certain legal professionals who are in practice in their respective profession or to some others because of their particular position or role in the legal system.

The list of the legal professionals who are Commissioners for Oaths automatically is as given below:

Barrister
Solicitor
Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives
Notary public
Licenced conveyancer

As such, Reliable Law Services Ltd are automatically Commissioners for Oaths and have powers to administer oaths, take affidavits and statutory declarations.

Power of Attorney

A power of attorney is a written authorisation to represent or act on another’s behalf in private affairs, business, or some other legal matter. The person authorising the other to act is the principal, grantor, or donor (of the power). The one authorised to act is the agent or attorney or, in some common law jurisdictions, the attorney-in-fact. A Lasting Power of Attorney lets you appoint someone to make decisions on your behalf. It is normally used when someone is unable to make their own decisions.

At Reliable Law Services Ltd, we can:

Draft a power of attorney
Witness signatures of principal, grantor or donor of the power

Change of Name by Deed Poll

A deed poll is a legal document that proves a change of name.

At Reliable Law Services Ltd we can:

Draft a change of name deed
Witness signatures of the deponent on the change of name deed

Certification of Documents

When you apply for something like a bank account or mortgage or you sponsor someone to visit you or join you in the UK, you may be asked to provide documents that are certified as true copies of the original.

Being Solicitors and Commissioners for Oaths, we can certify copy of a document as true copy of the original. You must produce the original document for us to certify a copy of the same to be true copy of the original.

Statutory Declaration

A statutory declaration is a legal document defined under the law of certain Commonwealth nations. It is similar to a statement made under oath, however, it is not sworn. Statutory declarations are commonly used to allow a person to affirm something to be true for the purposes of satisfying some legal requirement or regulation when no other evidence is available. They are thus similar to affidavits (which are made on oath).

Depending on jurisdiction, statutory declarations can be used for:

Declarations of identity, nationality, marital status, etc, when documentary evidence is unavailable
Declaring the intention to change one’s name
Affirming the provenance and nature of goods for export or import
Statements of originality for patent applications

At Reliable Law Services Ltd we can:

Witness the signatures of the declarant(s)
Draft a statutory declaration

Affidavits

Depending on jurisdiction, statutory declarations can be used for:

Declarations of identity, nationality, marital status, etc, when documentary evidence is unavailable
Declaring the intention to change one’s name
Affirming the provenance and nature of goods for export or import
Statements of originality for patent applications

At Reliable Law Services Ltd we can:

Witness the signatures of the declarant(s)
Draft a statutory declaration