Execution of Documents

Mark Anderson is Managing Partner of Anderson Law LLP, a visiting lecturer at the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law, University College London, and a member of the Law Society's Intellectual Property Law Committee. He has over 30 years' experience of drafting and advising on confidentiality agreements for business and university clients. Victor Warner is a solicitor at Anderson Law LLP specialising in intellectual property and technology law. He is the principal author of Technology Transfer (Bloomsbury Professional), several volumes of Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents, and the Execution of Documents (Law Society) and has co-authored several other legal texts.

Part I: Procedural Guide: 1.Agreements under hand; 2.Execution of a deed by an individual; 3.Execution of a deed by a corporation (not formed under a Companies Act or regulated by CA 2006); 4.Execution of a deed by a company formed under the Companies Acts; 5.Execution of a deed by a limited liability partnership;6.Execution of a deed by a company incorporated outside United Kingdom; 7.Execution of a deed by a local authority; 8.Execution of a deed by a partnership; 9.Execution of a deed by charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) under the Charities Act 2011; 10.Execution of a deed by a registered society; 11.Statutory declarations; 12.Powers of attorney; 13.Statements of truth; 14.Affidavits.Part II: Legal commentary: 15.Agreements under hand; 16.Execution of a deed by an individual; 17.Execution of a deed by a corporation (not formed under a Companies Act); 18.Execution of a deed by a company formed under a Companies Act or to which the CA 2006 applies; 19.Execution of a deed by a limited liability partnership; 20.Execution of a deed by a company incorporated outside Great Britain or the United Kingdom; 21.Companies - other; 22.Execution of a deed by a local authority; 23.Execution of a deed by a partnership; 24.Charities; 25.Universities and other higher education institutions; 26.Trusts; 27.Statutory declarations; 28.Powers of attorney; 29.Statements of truth; 30.Affidavits.Part III: Specific Issues: 31.Electronic signatures; 32.Persons authorised to take oaths; 33.Other persons authorised to administer oaths; 34.Notaries public; 35.Welsh language; 36.Fees and value added tax