Notary Services
Notary Services advice
Our Notarial Practice offers an efficient and comprehensive service to both UK and international corporate and private clients. We aim to help UK and international private and corporate clients in the accomplishment of their business objectives as well as the resolution of private matters.
We can work with documents in many languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and French. We also have an outsourcing network of skilled translators for those languages not catered for in house.
Services for you
- Powers of Attorney for cross-border transactions
- Bank instruction documents
- International affidavits, statutory declarations, sworn statements, and depositions
- Notarising cross border private agreements and property documents
- Certified translations
- International copyright documentation
- Property and mortgage documents for worldwide use
- Retirement life certificates
- Certified copies of passports and documents
- Tax declarations
- Change of name
- Confirmation of single status
- Passport photos and true likeness certificates
- Adoption documents and verification
- Permission for children to travel abroad
- Education and qualification verifications
- Residency certificates
- Immigration invitation support forms
- Affidavits of English law for use abroad
Preparation and attestation of Spanish notarial documents including:
- Spanish Powers of Attorney
- Spanish Wills
- Spanish deeds of inheritance
- Spanish deeds of purchase and sale of property
- Deeds of transfer of property resulting from divorce proceedings
- Affidavits of English law for use in Spain
- Affidavits of Spanish law for use in England and abroad
Why should the client use us?
- Highly experienced
- High quality and profession service
- Client care focused
- Competitive rates
- Quick and efficient
- Accessible
- Flexible hours
Fees
The Notaries Society does not recommend a standard fee for a notarial certificate. Notaries' fees however usually match fees charged by a specialise solicitor in the same geographical location.
We offer very competitive rates and discounts for multiple copies of the same document.
Prospective clients are provided with an estimate of fees and disbursements for the required service. To receive an estimate, please send a copy of the document that requires notarisation by faxing it to 0207 242 5978 or emailing notary@irwinmitchell.com. We can then assess the work required and provide you with an accurate estimate.
Legalisation
Legalisation is the process by which the identity and authority of a notary is verified or certified by the state in which the notary is authorised to practise.
In most cases English notarial documents need to be legalised before they can render full effects in a particular foreign jurisdiction.
Legalisation is normally done at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, at the Consular Office of the country where the document is to be used, or at both offices (Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Foreign Consulate).
Foreign and Commonwealth Office legalisation
Those countries who are parties to The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 [http://www.hcch.net] require that the document is apostilled. In the UK this is done by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and consists of presenting the document to a C.F.O. officer, who will check the credentials of the authorising notary and affix a certicate or Apostille on the notarised document.
In some cases, for example where the documents are to be used in contentious matters, certain countries may also require consular legalisations despite being parties to The Hague Convention.
We can arrange legalisation at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for our clients.
Consular legalisation
Those countries who are not parties to The Hague Convention 1961 often require legalisation at any of their local consulates in the UK.
The consular officer will examine the document and place a certificate confirming the validity of the notarised document. Timescales for legalisation depend on the Consulate.
In many countries consular authorities require that the document is previously apostilled at the Foreign and Commonwealth office. We can arrange consular legalisation for our clients.
Call Susana De las Cuevas-Nagle on 0207 421 3970 to arrange a consultation, or use the links provided above to drop us a line.