Notaries - Very short history of the Notarial Profession.
The Notarial Profession is a separate branch of the legal profession.
To qualify as a Notary Public it is necessary to fulfill the criteria set out by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
This requires a knowledge of law sufficient to allow a person to successfully pass a two year Post Graduate Diploma course in Notarial Practice conducted by Cambridge University A Notary must also provide character references and swear an Oath of Allegiance and the Notarial Oath which basically says the Notary will act with probity, refusing to act where there is violence or fraud.
Notaries were originally people who took “notae”- notes of speeches and proceedings in Rome at the time of Cicero (106-43 BC). Their status is recognised worldwide and the indorsement of a document with a Notary’s signature and seal will allow acceptance of the truth of the statements it contains by foreign jurisdictions.
The Notary’s duty is to the integrity of the act he indorses with his seal, so that it might be relied on by others worldwide. This obligation distinguishes a Notary from a solicitor whose duty is solely to his or her client.
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