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Post by Admin on Mar 2, 2016 13:51:41 GMT 12
The other day at a service desk where I on duty for the day a client sat down and place a passport and a form in front of me. The top of the form read "Application for Child Support" The conversation went something like this: "Good morning, what can I do for you?" "My passport has expired" "Okay, but what do you want me to do?" "Sign the form" I looked through the form and could not find any declaration section or place that required my signature. "I can see nowhere on the form where I need to sign." "My passport has expired and I was told I need a JP to sign this form." "But this is an application for child support." A short silence. "Oh! I must have gotten the wrong form.
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Post by Admin on Mar 5, 2016 13:59:11 GMT 12
One of my pet hates as a JP is to have clients present a document to me and ask me to sign it. When I ask the client: "Why do you want me to sign this paper?" The reply usually is: "I was told it had to be signed by a JP". I attempt to explain to them that my signature does not change the validity of a document in any way but often this does not seem to get through to them. What the usually require is a certified copy of an original document, and often the documents presented are downloads from computers. The other day I got so frustrated with the client insisting I sign the document on the bottom of it I wrote: "I have seen this document" and signed it.
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