We service documents in Western and Eastern Europe and the Ex-USSR that is to say Europe and Eurasia or within the European Union (E.E.C.), we also serve in the United States of America and Canada including Quebec, that is to say NothAmerica. We serve either by the use of the Central Authority or by the non Centralised methods proposed by the Hague Convention in art. 10, also called alternative or decentralised channels, which have the same legal hierarchy and value as if service was completed by the use of the Central Authority. We serve also as legal couriers (Confidential diplomatic briefcase services) for highly confidential cases. On the other hand We are Special Process Servers in those countries that are not signatories of the Hague Convention or that opposes to some of its articles but where service can be completed legal manner under certain circumstances: We often we act as Special Process Servers by Court order to serve Process or Subpoenas. We are a direct legal alternative to the use of the Central Authorities when this possibility exist (No opposition to Art.10) which is fast. The Hague Convention's countries we serve and other accepted methods for other countries are:
Our Private Process server services are rare but are fast and reliable methods to serve in all of Europe, Eurasia and North America, presenting many advantages:
International Private Personal Service is the fastest legal way to serve and offers guarantees of full legality since it has the same legal value or hierarchy as that of the Central Authority.
Emergency: For our price list click here, for service instructions click here, for Central Authority direct remittance by summary, instructions click here and for subpoenas click here and for simple serve click here.
Affidavits of service in the language you require and you have No need to translate your documents, we authenticated our declaration by Consular agents or Commissioners, you do Not need of Apostilles and if required, we will use the Affidavit of service of your choice without extra charge. All our affidavits of service are back up with legal documentation and by our reputation as impartial and neutral servers who respect local and foreign law of procedure. We will return to you all documents overnight: "Lacquer Sealed". In some countries, the Central Authority will "Certify" our Service issuing a parallel Hague Affidavit of Service, in other countries, those not opposing to Art. 10, our "Affidavit of Service" is accepted "Ipso Iure".
Central Authority service require's expensive translations of documents but with us, only a summary declaration of the case nature is enough, to do this, we use certified translators approved by the Court or Foreign affairs department of the Jurisdiction where service take's place. We follow all the service procedure of the Central Authority by representing you in any incident that can cause a reject or delay. Indeed, We monitor the procedure making it more reliable and faster and we even propose parallel Private Service of Process as a legal procedural security measure. Please contact us for a price estimate.
Mail or Fax service: This service consist in certifying by Affidavit that we have serve the documents by these, indicating the exact contents sent, verifying their reception by different ways and issuing an Affidavit of service confirming reception by addressee. This Affidavit can also be Certified by the Hague's Central Authority and not only by the Consular Agent or Commissioner.
Legal courier is different from mail service since is private and for Service of Process in countries that are not signatories of the Hague Convention, to those signatories but that oppose to Article 10 or for highly confidential cases of Alternative Dispute resolution. Service with expert witness is available and even a returned signature of documents if required.
We back up all our services with our presence in any court! Everywhere in Europe, Eurasia or North America!. All our services are completed by multilingual registered and insured Barrister-Solicitor or by qualified legal professional in the foreign jurisdiction, offering the maximum Reliability, Impartiality, Confidentiality, Privacy and respect. None of our clients have ever suffer a case dismiss because of irregular International service of process.
By the same token we are also Expert Witnesses if you desire to "Quash" an International Service of Process.
Our Service of Process Characteristics are
Due diligence on Corporations Verification on the Country's Mercantile Registry in order to serve the headquarters and also to obtain the names of the registered officials who can legally accept service. If possible and of preference, we will serve the "Legal department" by a "Hand to Hand Attorney to Attorney delivery". Our Attorney server will deliver the documents in a confidential and private manner.
Voluntary Service: Our Process Server will have, when possible, the documents signed by the addressee as evidence of mandatory voluntary acceptance and delivery of documents, a "waiver", This is an extra guarantee to the judging court.
Affidavit of Service: Proof service "Affidavit" can be in the form of a custom made affidavit of service in any language, pre-approved by you and authenticated by the official in charge of the nearest Consular representation of your country, it can be the form proposed by the Central Authority, or an Official Certification. Our service documents are returned to you in a "Lacquer bundle"; this detail is highly appreciated by Courts since is a declaration not only of service but also of "Exact contents delivered".
Courtesy: International Litigation courtesy between fellow Jurist and Attorneys and between individuals is the essence of International ralations. It is an elegant way to serve, following the principles of international diplomacy and Worldwide Attorneys fellowship, parallel service to that of the central Authority is available.
A.S.A.P.; From 72 hrs The fastest methods available for service abroad under the provisions of the Hague Convention or Not ,because it is privately supervised and obstacles are be removed quickly.
Documented: Our returned of service file and affidavit, contains a "compendium" of laws and regulations that have been applied in the International personal service and any other relevant document such as Corporate Mercantile Registry and Photographic evidence or video of service.
International Depositions
We act as commissioners of Oaths to take pretrial or Trial, ADR, Judicial or Extrajudicial, Civil or Commercial depositions in Europe, Eurasia and North America by also offering a facilitator service.
Video depositions, telephone conferences, internet meetings... we will arrange all as per your requirements, including notaries and other "Public faith professionals".
Suggested readings and Internet visits
SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF JULY 2008 RELATING TO THE SERVICE CONVENTION, WITH ANALYTICAL COMMENTS
SYNOPSIS OF RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF JULY 2008 RELATING TO THE SERVICE CONVENTION, WITH ANALYTICAL COMMENTS
International Jurisprudence