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John Venn & Sons
Scrivener
Notaries & Translators
95 Aldwych,
A scrivener
notary is a full-time notary public who is a member of the Worshipful Company
of Scriveners of the City of
The
profession is a highly specialised one and has grown out of the unique position
of the City of
Scrivener
notaries are trained not only in English law, but also in relevant aspects of
the law of a foreign country. They are
also examined in two foreign languages. This places them in a unique position
to provide a bridge between the common law system prevalent in the English
speaking world, and the civil law system found in many other parts of the
world, including most countries in continental Europe and the whole of
We aim to provide a personal and efficient
service for our clients and to provide timely and practical solutions to
clients’ problems based on a thorough understanding of their needs.
Notarisation
and Legalisation
Within its
specialised areas of the law firm provides a full range of notarial services
with a foreign element or cross-border context. In this context, the main areas
of activity are:
·
Authentication and
drafting of legal documents for use overseas
·
Legalisation of
documents - for legalisation requirements,
have a look at our list of Countries
of the World and their languages
·
Trade Marks &
Patents
·
Business Start-up and
corporate administration
·
Purchase and
·
Inheritance
·
Wills and Trusts
·
Work and residence
permits
·
Bills of exchange
·
Ballots (new issues);
stock & bond redemption
·
Construction project
tendering
·
Shipping
·
Exchange control and
foreign investment formalities
·
Translation – what
language do they speak? Look it up in Countries of the World and their
languages
·
Registration Authority
for electronic signatures
Some guidance and general
definitions of what we do can be found in our A-Z Guide to Notaries
Translation
Our
language training means that we can also provide translation services,
especially for legal documents. A scrivener notary can also certify the
accuracy of a translation and thereby render it acceptable for production
before courts and other authorities in the
Some of the
most widely spoken languages in the world are Mandarin, English, Spanish,
Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, French and Japanese. Others such as German,
Italian and Dutch are commercially important. We identify more than 60 official
languages and many more spoken languages. We have translated over 68 language
pairings in the last year alone but even more important is our capability of
matching subject-matter with a suitably qualified and expert linguist.
For the applicable language, have a
look at our list of Countries of
the World and their languages
So who can help
you? Click here for a profile of John
Venn & Sons staff
Scrivener
Notaries are full members
of the Union Internationale du Notariat (UINL) (International Union
of Notaries). This is significant amongst Notaries around the world, in
that they are the only Notaries from a Common Law based legal system that have
been recognised as having the same status as their Civil Law colleagues.
For further information please contact:
John Venn & Sons, 95 Aldwych,
VAT No. GB 243 8716 49