With the passage of the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023, English law now recognises the possibility for various types of trade instruments, which previously were necessarily in paper form, to…... Read more
Notes from the 34th Conference of European Civil Law Notaries hosted in Salzburg on 19 April 2024 by the Austrian Chamber of Civil-Law Notaries. Despite chilly temperatures and overcast skies…... Read more
We are very pleased to announce the recent qualification as scrivener notaries of our Notarial Associates Philippa Slaney and Jake Humbles. A prerequisite to qualifying as a scrivener notary is…... Read more
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act – a notarial perspective After a lengthy period of scrutiny as it made its way through Parliament, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency…... Read more
The much anticipated Register of Overseas Entities (“the Register”)) was finally launched by Companies House on 1 August following the passing of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022…... Read more
Whilst the option for a sole director of a private company limited by shares to adopt Model Articles has long been used by companies looking for a simple method of…... Read more
We warmly wish our clients and all those we work with peace and hope for 2022. Cheeswrights LLP are proud to be supporting ABF The Soldiers’ Charity – The Soldiers’…... Read more
The 15th edition of Brooke’s Notary, the widely used manual of notarial practice and described as “one of the classic textbooks of the law of England and Wales”, has recently…... Read more
Jeremy Burgess has recently retired as a partner of the firm. Jeremy joined the firm as a trainee in 1985 and has been a partner since 1994. He was managing…... Read more
Cheeswrights LLP response to coronavirus and access to our services – during the current crisis our overriding focus is to protect the health and wellbeing of our staff, their families…... Read more
Cheeswrights notaries have contributed to the recently published Law Commission’s report on the electronic execution of documents. The report considers whether there are problems with the law around the electronic…... Read more
Nigel Ready, honorary chairman, and Jake Humbles, trainee scrivener notary, have recently contributed to an important study on the essential conditions for the validity of notarised powers of attorney published…... Read more
Cheeswrights’s honorary chairman, Nigel Ready (pictured with representatives of the Indonesian notariat), and managing partner, Edward Gardiner, attended the 29th International Congress of the International Union of Notaries (UINL) held…... Read more