My work is primarily directed at assisting overseas' legal arrangements and my charges reflect the international recognised guarantee of veracity and authenticity conferred by my role as a public office and my seal of office.
I need to see your documents so that I can fully understand what you require before I give you a final price for the service.
Additional signatories and additional requirements will affect the fee, so the final fee will be calculated according to your requirements. I will ask you to send me your documents for me to respond with a quote.
I will advise you of my proposed fee before I begin work.
If we have a meeting where we decide that you do not need a notary after all or can not proceed because the information in your document is incomplete, my fee for that meeting will be limited to £100 (no VAT arises).
If your job requires additional activity and assistance to what I set out in my quote, I will discuss that with you with a view to asking you for what I hope you will agree is a fair increase in my fee to reflect the additional work that was required on your behalf.
I can arrange an apostille and consular legalisation for you.
If you require an apostille for your notarised document, the minimum additional cost is £79.25. This includes an agency fee that ensures a next-working day service and UK postal charges (guaranteed, 1 p.m. next day delivery to and from the apostille office). The result is that your document will be on its way back to you or to its destination within three days from when we meet.
If you wish me to arrange an apostille for more than one document, the cost per document is less because of the postage.
For onward delivery overseas, courier charges will need to be quoted. These are a minimum of £50. If I am asked to pay a courier surcharge over and above what I have quoted to you, I will ask you to pay me the difference. Surcharges are increasing common and are not known until your destination address is input to the courier system. Usually, the courier service relied on is DHL International Express service. Where a surcharge is imposed, it may be possible to use "Team Global" to help keep the cost down.
If you require legalisation of a document without notarisation, I will add an arrangement fee of £25 to the cost of the apostille.
Consular legalisation can be extremely expensive and will be quoted on a case by case basis.
I can take statutory declarations for use in the UK. My fee for a UK statutory declaration is £95 for one document to include the statutory fee of £5 and a notarial arrangement and administration fee of £90. Please note that other providers may be limited by legislation to charge a lower amount of £5, according to the capacity in which they act.
Many clients use me for a UK Statutory Declaration because it can be very hard to find a solicitor to do this for £5 (and a solicitor will not offer an out of hours/weekend appointment (and certainly not for £5!)).
Declarations of any description for use outside the UK will be charged according to my usual fee rates.
I am able to travel to meet you to perform my notarial service. My standard travel rate to include all costs and expenses is charged at an hourly rate of £200 per hour. I will estimate travel time using an online mapping service and agree the charge with you in advance.
