Irish Notary Public case studies
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A notary public in Ireland is a lawyer of standing appointed to authenticate documents, administer oaths, certify signatures, protest bills and prepare notarial acts for use at home and abroad. Appointment as a notary public in Ireland is regulated, and candidates must satisfy the examination requirements of the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland, the professional body for Irish notaries. The Irish Notary Public case studies are 5 cases and about 3,755 words.
1The Tender Bundle: What an Irish Notary Can and Cannot Authenticate
A Dublin notary is instructed by the finance director of an Irish technology company bidding for a public contract in a State that is not a Contracting Party to the 1961 Hague Convention. The tender closes in three working days.
772 words, about 4 min2The Mandarin-Speaking Donor, the Interpreting Son and the Missing Passport
A woman in her late seventies, a Mandarin speaker with limited English, attends a notary's office with her son. She wishes to execute a general power of attorney over her Irish bank accounts in favour of that son, for use before a Chinese bank and, she says, 'for everything'.
753 words, about 4 min3The Long Weekend: Protesting a Foreign Bill and Extending a Sea Protest
The master of a bulk carrier arrives at Cork after a rough passage; part of the steel cargo is rust-stained and the charterers have signalled a claim. The ship's agent asks the notary to 'do a protest' that afternoon and to include the master's opinion that the cargo was already wet when loaded.
741 words, about 4 min4The Spanish National, the Alicante Apartment and the 'Notarial Will'
A woman who is a Spanish national, domiciled and habitually resident in Ireland for twenty years, owns a holiday apartment in Alicante, shares in an Irish trading company and Irish bank accounts. She wants the notary to 'make a Spanish-style notarial will' dealing with all her assets.
731 words, about 4 min5Friday Completion: A Video-Linked Director and a Portuguese Power of Attorney
An Irish notary is asked to attend the execution of a deed of transfer of registered land in Dublin. The transferor is an Irish private company limited by shares with two directors; one director is in Australia and proposes to sign by video link, the other will sign in the notary's office.
758 words, about 4 min