Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2017 14:19:57 GMT 12
Sometimes a client will ask us to “verify a document”. Can we do this and if so how do we verify it?
A legal definition of verify is: to prove the truth of, as by examination, research, or comparison. The JP manual defines verify as: to confirm or find out the the truth of something. In other words a verification would concern the contents of the document and we cannot do this unless we have special knowledge concerning the contents so we cannot verify what it stated in the document is in fact true. Consequently I would recommend that we never stamp or “verify” an original document.
A legal definition of verify is: to prove the truth of, as by examination, research, or comparison. The JP manual defines verify as: to confirm or find out the the truth of something. In other words a verification would concern the contents of the document and we cannot do this unless we have special knowledge concerning the contents so we cannot verify what it stated in the document is in fact true. Consequently I would recommend that we never stamp or “verify” an original document.