Witness to a statutory declaration

[Sesh]

I need to provide a statutory declaration (for use in the UK), which according to the instructions "should be witnessed by a solicitor or a Justice of the Peace".

Now, it seems in Finland such witness services are provided by the notary public at the Maistraatti. Does anyone know if this is enough, or do I need to go to a proper solicitor? I tried contacting the office in the UK, but the person answering the phone didn't know and so said go to a solicitor to be safe. Actually Wikipedia says that in the UK notaries have the power of a solicitor (and most notaries actually are solicitors). Is the same true in Finland?

In case the advice is to go to a solicitor rather than the Maistraatti, could anyone recommend one in Helsinki, or tell me how to find one? I've never needed to do anything like this before, even in a country where I spoke the language!

Thanks a lot.

[foca]

There could be no "proper solicitor" in Finland . The term itself relates to a specific usually and very varying from to country to country profession in Anglo-Saxon legal system. One can have a document confirmed by an advocate in Finland , but I doubt that it will have as much weight as notary's confirmation... Besides you can attach apostil to a notary's signature. Apostiled document will certainly be accepted in the UK .

[tjawatts]

The British Embassy can witness documents under English law. I had to do that for my certificate of no impediment. They are quite helpful there.

T