Jenny Bird

Senior Associate, Macfarlanes

Jenny advises individuals, families, executors and trustees primarily based in the UK on a wide variety of UK tax, trust, succession and estate planning issues.

Jenny has broad experience in many aspects of the law that individuals encounter on a day-to-day basis including advising on and setting up trusts, administering estates, drafting wills and providing tax advice. She is part of our probate team and since qualifying as an associate in 2010, she has been involved with the administration of complex and high-value estates, including estates with cross-border elements and estates where offers in lieu of inheritance tax have been made.

Jenny qualified as a Notary Public in August 2015 and is able to provide notarial services to individuals and companies.

Jenny is a member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and the Notaries Society.

Qualified in England and Wales, 2010.

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Notaries and notarisation—legalisation

Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the process of legalisation whereby a state, in this case England and Wales, certifies to another state, in this case the receiving jurisdiction, that the signature and seal of a public officer are genuine, when checked against their register. Most documents that a notary public or a scrivener notary notarise are intended to be effective in a country or jurisdiction other than England and Wales. The receiving jurisdiction has no way of knowing if the notary's seal and signature are authentic so the notary's signature and seal may then need to be legalised by the FCDO and/or a foreign Embassy, Consulate or High Commission, to authenticate the status of the notary.

Private Client

Notaries and notarisation—notaries

Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the profession of the notary who is a qualified, regulated and insured lawyer adhering to rules and regulations governing their practice, conduct, record-keeping and accounting.

Private Client

Notaries and notarisation—notarisation

Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the various types of notarial act, the formalities of the notarial act and how to locate and instruct either a general notary or a scrivener notary.

Private Client