President's Statement
Covid-19 has impacted all of us around the world and especially so in common law countries. As I write this Auckland is in its second lockdown which will last nearly three weeks and which has meant that all Notaries are at home and unable to perform their public service.
Stewart Germann
President
September 2020
Special Honour Dr Eamonn G. Hall of Ireland
A special tribute was paid to a very special Solicitor and Notary Public at the Law Society headquarters in Dublin, Ireland on 18th of August 2020. A room was named in honour of Eamonn G. Hall, PhD. in recognition of a lifetime’s contribution to education of the Solicitors and Notaries professions. read more
Notaries in the time of Covid
By Andrew Johnson, Notary Public, Canterbury, England
Social distancing rules imposed by government in response to Covid 19 have seen notaries engaging in a fine “balancing act” between meeting the continued demand for Notary services in the middle of a pandemic, and observing “best practice” guidance for the attestation and the execution of notarial instruments. read more
Notarising a bundle of documents
By Oscar Alpers, Notary Public, Christchurch, New Zealand
Whether the client is a private individual or a large exporter, the cost of authentication and the cost of delay can be significant to them and the cost of getting it wrong can be enormous. read more
Leonardo da Vinci
By Anthony Northey, Notary Public, England
Leonardo da Vinci was probably the most famous and successful son of a Notary (un Notaio), but could not himself become a Notary (un Notaio), because he was illegitimate! read more
Risk Management for Notaries in the "Paper" World
By K.J. Lord, Notary Public, Christchurch, New Zealand
In this paper I shall examine risk management in the “paper” world, looking at the technology of paper itself, historically and nowadays, the risks to which paper is vulnerable, and some strategies to alleviate risk. I conclude that the use of paper is still a technology of critical importance to notaries but that the risks in using it ought to be mitigated primarily by means of electronic back up, although that also has its limitations. read more
Some thoughts from a Notary in rural England
Dr John Kirkhope, Notary Public, Somerset, England
Before I get to the substance of this article I thought I would share a couple of “snippets” upon which I have stumbled. Here goes: read more
Wise Words September 2020
Dr John Kirkhope, Notary Public, Somerset, England
- “I did not come here to put my approval rating on a shelf. I came here to do things” Barack Obama.
- “If any of you crying at my funeral, I will never speak to you again” Stan Laurel
- “I find that a man who trusts nobody, is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts” Harold Macmillan.
- “The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Oscar Wilde.
- “A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.” Louis Pasteur
- “Now there sits a man with an open mind. You can feel the draft from here.” Groucho Marx
- “In victory you deserve champagne. In defeat you need it.” Napoleon Bonaparte.
- “Never give in to hate because hate is too heavy a burden to carry.” John Lewis US Democrat.
- “Don’t talk unless you can improve the silence.” Jorge Luis Borge (1899-1986) Argentinian Essayist.
- “There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.” Mahatma Gandhi
A real sign spotted on Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Western Australia
