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ID Requirements

Prior to accepting instruction, I am required to verify the following: -

1. your identity,

2. your capacity both personal and legal,

3. the authority under which you seek to act, whether on your own behalf or under some delegated authority,

4. your willingness to undertake and be bound by the transaction based on an

5. your understanding of the nature and consequences of the transaction.

I will need you to produce the original of one of the following identification documents: -

 

  • Your current passport (or, if not available);

  • A current new driving licence (with photo) or national identity card

 

If neither of the above are available, at least two of the following

  • A current government or police issue certificate bearing a photo or other formal means of identification;

  • A utility bill, credit card or bank statement showing your current address which should not be more than 3 months old or council tax bill;

 

You must also bring any other means of ID which may be referred to in the papers sent to you as being required such as a foreign Identity Card.

 

I may also ask to see further evidence of identity such as marriage certificates etc and will advise you of this if necessary.

 

Proof of names:  In a case where the name on the document is different from the name you are currently using, or there has been a variation in the form of spelling of the name over the years, please provide me as appropriate with Certificates of Birth, Marriage or Divorce Decree or Change of Name Deed showing all the different names that you use.  If there has been a change of name, then I will need to see a copy of the Deed Poll or Statutory Declaration which dealt with it.

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