Notarial Fees

Charges for Notarial Services

If the matter is straightforward, we will endeavour to charge a fixed fee. For more complicated or time-consuming documents, the fee will be based on an hourly rate.

The fee charged may include time spent on preliminary advice, drafting and preparation time, making and receiving telephone calls, correspondence written and received, organising legalisation and delivery to you or your foreign lawyer and record keeping.

We do not charge VAT on notarial fees.

Disbursements

Our fees exclude any disbursements incurred on your behalf. These can include legalisation fees by obtaining an apostille through the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and for some countries additional legalisation is required through the relevant Embassy or Consulate.

We will confirm fees and disbursements once we have confirmation as to the work and time scale involved. To do this, we will need to have copies of the documents to be notarised before we meet.

Occasionally unforeseen or unusual issues arise during the course of the matter which may result in the revision of our fee estimate. This could include where additional documents are required to be notarised, additional translations or legalisations are needed. We will notify you of any changes in the fee estimate as soon as possible.

Once the costs are agreed we will provide you with our terms of business and arrange an appointment with you – this will be usually be within 2 or 3 working days.

Do you need documents notarising?

Please contact our Notarial department for clear advice and an introduction to our services on 01283 531366 or contact our Notary department directly using the form below.

Contact our Notarial department

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