Paul Craddock Consultancy Ltd, Suite 3, 89 Commercial Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5RR. Tel: 01202 462762. Email: mail@handwritingexpert.org.uk
Established 1995
This guide summarises the information on this site and will quickly answer most of your questions and informs you what you need to do next. To save time we recommend you download this guide in PDF format and print.
FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION / ASSESSMENT
When we receive your documents, we will make a free initial assessment to ascertain if we have sufficient and suitable material to work with. If we believe that the material is suitable to work with and there is sufficient material available, we will contact you to arrange payment which can be by card over the phone, online banking or by cheque. When payment is received, we will log your report in for completion in a period of up to approximately 2 to 3 weeks. If we are unable to proceed and/or you are unable to provide us with additional suitable materials or documents, no charge will be made, and any original documents will be returned.
No actual opinion will be given at this initial stage other than there is or is not sufficient material to work with.
What you need to do now
You will need to send your questioned or forged documents or signatures with the documents or specimens for comparison. You will also need to send an accompanying letter with your instructions/requirements clearly indicating the questioned and genuine documents or signatures. If payment has not already been made you will need to include a cheque in the envelope payable to; Paul Craddock Consultancy Ltd or make a card payment for the agreed amount. We strongly recommend that, if sending original documents, you send your mail by recorded delivery; see address above. Your report will then be posted back to you, with your documents, by recorded delivery; depending on our current workload and the complexity of the case, normally within 15 working days. When posting to you we always use recorded delivery when returning original documents.
If originals are not being sent then you can scan and email your documents, if you prefer. But please describe and label each document in your e-mail.
Please note: Original documents, if available, are always preferable.
Types of report given
There are two types of written opinion, the first is in the form of a letter which is suitable if you just need our opinion in writing, the second is our report for court complying with the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR 35) and is suitable for use in court by your self or a solicitor. You may upgrade from one report to another by paying the difference between the lower and higher priced report.
Please note: all reports must be paid for in advance. We are able to accept card payments.
The fees below are for comparing one questioned signature with known signatures. If you have more than one questioned signature or we are examining pages of handwriting the amount of time we will have to spend on your case will increase, so we may have to increase our fees accordingly. We will advise you of the total cost before proceeding.
Fees
KNOWN SIGNATURES OR HANDWRITING FOR COMPARISON
How many known signatures or how much known handwriting for comparison do you need to provide?
Ideally, the average amount of known signatures would be twenty to twenty-five signatures and/or four to five pages of handwriting; preferably written at different times. However, due to the practicalities involved, in practice, we often only receive about half of that number to work with. Each case is different, but as a guideline; 6 signatures would be the minimum for a letter of opinion and 12 for a full report. It is in your interest to supply us with as many known signatures and/or as much known handwriting for comparison as possible.
Suggested sources of known signatures and handwriting for comparison with questioned or disputed items
Please note: handwriting should be compared with handwriting and signatures should be compared with signatures. For a PDF version click here.
1. Account Books
2. Affidavits
3. Assignments
4. Autographs
5. Bank Deposit Slips
6. Bank Safe Deposit Entry Slips
7. Bank Savings Withdrawal Slips
8. Bank Signature Cards
9. Bank Statements
10. Bills of Sale
11. Bonds
12. Books: Signatures of Owners
13. Business License Applications
14. Charity Pledges
15. Cheque Book Stubs
16. Cheques, including Endorsements
17. Church Pledges
18. Convention Registrations
19. Contracts
20. Cooking Recipes
21. Corporation and Company Papers
22. College or University Papers
23. Criminal Records
24. Credit Applications
25. Credit Cards & Charge Slips
26. Dentists’ Records
27. Deeds
28. Deeds of Trust
29. Depositions
30. Diaries
31. Divorce Papers
32. Drafts
33. Car or Van Hire Applications
34. Drivers’ Licenses & Applications
35. Druggists’ Poison Registers
36. Employment Applications
37. Envelopes & addresses
38. Fishing Licenses
39. Funeral Attendance Registers
40. Gas or Electric Service Applications
41. Gate Records at secure facilities
42. Greeting Cards
43. Hospital Papers
44. Hotel & B&B Guest Registers
45. Identification Papers
46. Inventories
47. Leases
48. Letters; Personal & Business
49. Library Card Applications
50. Electricity Company Applications
51. Life Insurance Papers
52. Loan Papers
53. Mail Orders
54. Manuscripts
55. Marriage License Papers
56. Membership Cards: Social, Occupation
57. Memoranda of all kinds
58. Motor Insurance documents
59. Military Papers
60. Mortgage Papers
61. National Health Service documents
62. Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions
63. Occupational Writing
64. Package Receipts
65. Parents’ Signatures on Report Cards
66. Partnership Papers
67. Passports
68. Pawn Tickets
69. Payroll Receipts
70. Pension Applications
71. Permit Applications
72. Petitions, Referenda, etc.
73. Photograph Albums
74. Pleadings; Civil and Criminal
75. Postal Cards
76. Probate Court Papers
77. Promissory Notes
78. Prescriptions from a doctor
79. Property Damage Reports
80. Receipts for Rent
81. Registered Mail Return Receipts
82. Releases
83. Rental Contracts for Equipment
84. Reports
85. Sales Slips
86. School & College Papers
87. Social Security Cards & Papers
88. Sport & Game Score Cards
89. Stock Certificates, Endorsements
90. Surety Bonds Applications
91. Tax Returns and Estimates
92. Telephone Service Applications
93. Time Sheets
94. Traffic Tickets and fines
95. Voting Registration Records
96. Vehicle / Motor registration documents
97. Veterinary records
98. Water & Sewage Company Service Applications
99. Wills
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