Pricing

Details of our charges are set out below. Please note that if we have to make payments on your behalf such as legalisation fees, translator or interpreter fees, or other costs such as travelling expenses, your approval to these will be obtained and you are normally required to make payment in advance of any such amounts.

You will normally be given a fixed fee in writing (by email) prior to your appointment. In cases where our fee is to be charged by reference to time, the applicable hourly rate will be given to you in writing, together with a fee estimate, prior to the appointment. At the same time, you will be given notice of any sums anticipated to be incurred as disbursements. This business is not required to be registered with HMRC for VAT purposes.

Some documents require legalisation before they will be accepted for use in the receiving jurisdiction 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 would be pleased to provide details of the cost of carrying out legalisation of documents on your behalf once you confirm the country involved and what legalisation has been requested. 

Payment can be made by cash/cheque made payable to Notary Services Limited or card/bank transfer.  Payment of our fee and disbursements is due when the document has been prepared which we may retain pending payment in full.

Occasionally unforeseen or unusual issues arise during the course of the matter which may result in a revision of our fee estimate. Examples of this could include where additional documents are required to be notarised, additional translations or legalisations are needed to meet the requirements of the receiving jurisdiction, third party fees are adjusted to reflect external factors such as fuel price changes and so on. We will notify you of any changes in the fee estimate as soon as possible.