Notary Public in London - Edward Young Notaries & Lawyers
Notarisation, Apostille and Legalisation. Making it easy for you.
We provide our clients with easy, quick and convenient notarial services.
Contact us now and we'll guide you with a clear and effective solution to your needs.
We can usually fit you in with an appointment on the same or next day at our central London office. If you need an Apostille, we can arrange one in a few hours.
Need a mobile notary? We can come to you. Some jobs may even be done online or entirely remotely.
Our Most Popular Services
Notary Public Services
Notary Public Services for private individuals and companies. Our aim is to notarise your documents and give you a quality service.
Apostille
Apostille are stamps issued by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. We partner with the FCDO to offer a same-day, next-day, and standard 3-5 day Apostille Services.
Consular Legalisation
Need more than an Apostille? We've got you covered! If you need an Embassy stamp (also known as "legalisation"), we can help. Our streamline legalisation process takes the burden from you.
Learn More About Our Notary Public Firm
Our Notary Public firm has been providing trusted Notarial Services for private and commercial clients in London since 2004.
We act for commercial and private clients and have built up the requisite experience to get you the right result.
We aim to deliver top-notch service, making the job as simple as possible to you.
We guide you through any hidden or additional requirements beyond notarisation, including obtaining an Apostille and consular legalisation if necessary. Not to mention some of the quirks that we've identified and added to our knowledge bank over the years.
We handle a wide range of documents for various countries and actively guide you through each territory's common practices.
Call us on +442074992605 for a free consultation or email your questions to notary@notarypublicinlondon.com.
Understand the role of a notary
As Notaries, we serve as independent lawyers dedicated to establishing facts crucial for overseas transactions.
Our Notaries verify your documents' genuineness, integrity, and legality. This ensures proper legal recognition in foreign jurisdictions.
Examples Of When You Might Need A Notary Public
Real estate transactions.
Often you will need to sign important papers for an overseas Land Registry. Sometimes you will need to delegate this authority to someone else (usually your lawyer) to sign them for you.
People often ask us to notarise Land Registry and power of attorney documents.
When you sign documents before a UK notary, the world trusts it. Notaries hold international recognition for this purpose.
Our job is to confirm to the receiving party that you're a legitimate person or company. And you're willing, able, and authorised to bind yourself or the company you represent to what you are signing.
We also ensure that the documents are signed in the prescribed manner.
That way, all who encounter the final notarised document can place faith in its effectiveness and legality.
Companies request our services to verify their company documents, both in the UK and internationally. We confirm the identity and signatures of Directors for their banks, overseas company registration offices, and other organisations.
We also provide KYC services for private and commercial clients.
Sometimes you might need your degree certificate certified, we can help with this too.
See our services page for a complete list of roles that we can fulfil for our clients.
E-Notary Electronic Notarisation And E-Apostilles
E-Notarisation or electronic notarisation is when the notary uses an 'Advanced Electronic Signature' (AES) or 'Qualified Electronic Signature' (QES). AES and QES are signatures which are uniquely linked to the signatory. These are registered with a national supervisory body.
We offer Online Notary UK services and have AES and QES signatures and can help you get an E-Apostille.
Obtaining an ‘Apostille’ or ‘Legalising’ your documents
We know that 'Apostille' and 'legalisation' might be new terms for many.
Don’t worry, we break down the barriers and offer a solution led Apostille service.
Legalisation requires additional verification, typically involving the UK Government confirming the authority of the Notary Public or other public official who signed the document.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCDO) is the competent authority to issue Apostilles in the UK. They physically attach an 'Apostille' certificate to the document that the Notary has signed. It shows that the Notary is a registered notary public in the UK and has signed and sealed the document.
This procedure follows the rules outlined in an international treaty called the Hague Convention.
We also can obtain e-Apostilles which have been available from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office since 2022.
Please visit our Apostilles page for more information and our service offering on obtaining Apostilles.
Consular Legalisation
If the destination country isn't part of The Hague Convention, extra verification may be needed.
Normally, you'll need to send your document to the London Consulate of the destination country. They'll check the Apostille and add a legalisation stamp to the document.
‘Consular legalisation’ is the term used to describe this process.
The 'legalisation' process involves submitting the document, typically with the Apostille attached, to the Consulate. The Consular Officer usually signs it and affixes an official stamp in addition to the Apostille.
This makes the document legally valid in the destination country.
The Hague Convention has removed the need for consular legalisation for countries who are party to the Convention.
Visit our Legalisation Guide for details on what each country requires.
Call us today for your free initial consultation +442074992605.