Paul Craddock Consultancy Ltd, Suite 3, 89 Commercial Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5RR. Tel: 01202 462762. Email: mail@handwritingexpert.org.uk
Established 1995
Known Documents are sometimes referred to as standards or exemplars. Standards are legally admissible authentic samples of handwriting or signatures used for comparison with the questioned writing or signature. The genuineness of the standards must be found to be clear and undisputed or the court may reject them. So when sending in standards please make sure that they will be able to be verified as genuine.
There are two kinds of standards, informal which means documents previously executed and formal which is request writing. Standards should ideally have been written reasonably close to the date of the questioned document and where possible of a similar nature, so for example, we can compare contracts with contracts. Where the availability of suitable writing for comparison is limited please send us anything you are able to obtain as we are often able to create a report with limited recourses. It is always advisable to discuss the nature of your documents with us before sending them so we can advise you further.
Signatures
Try to get known confirmed signatures made as close to the date of the questioned signature as possible. For an adult in good health this should be within the last last 5 years but more recent if possible. If there has been a deterioration in health or quality of life of the person who is alleged to have written the signature and there is a possibility that their illness or old age may have had an effect on their writing which maybe the case in a questioned will, we will need to examine confirmed signatures of that person after they were diagnosed with their illness or their writing began to deteriorate due to old age or infirmity. There is a list of illness or conditions which may effect handwriting and signatures at the bottom right hand side of this page.
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
Suggested Sources of Known Signatures & Handwriting
Known Writing |
Questioned Writing |
Solicitors Guide |
Request Writing |