NOTARY CLIENT INFORMATION

My name is Jeremy Robin Sinclair Bate.

I am a Notary Public regulated through the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury of The Faculty Office:

1 The Sanctury, Westminster, London SW1P 3JT
website: www.facultyoffice.org.uk.

My principal function as a Notary is to verify the authenticity of documents for use in Foreign legal jurisdictions. I act as a professional witness for persons who are signing documents for use overseas and I also verify the authenticity of documents such as passports, bank statements, UK degree certificates, etc.

I am not qualified to act as a lawyer in any jurisdiction other than England and Wales. This means that I cannot give advice as to the content of documents intended for use outside England and Wales.

My charges:

My scale of charges per notarisation in respect of persons acting in a personal capacity (not in respect of a company or trust) is set out below.

1. First notarisation, single signatory:£175.00; additional £40.00 for each further signatory (so £215.00 if two persons are signing the same document).

2. Each further notarisation required: an additional £40.00.

3. My handling charge for arranging Foreign Office legalisation (if required - you can do this part of the process yourself and you are not obliged to use a notary for this) is £40.00

If additional legalisation is required by the receiving country’s UK embassy or consulate I usually employ consular agents for this as they visit the embassies in London daily.

Their fees at cost (ie, as charged to me by them) will be payable by you and will be added to my charges above.

In addition to my handling charge for legalisation, the Foreign Office and Embassy/Consulate in question will also charge a fee for legalising each document.

The Foreign Office charge is £45.00 per apostille, plus a return despatch fee of £5.00 return post; Consular fees vary and I will advise you of this in advance.



For notarisation involving companies or trusts a different process of authentication is required and my scale of fees is as follows:

1. First notarisation, single signatory:£275.00; additional £40.00 for each further signatory (so £315.00 if two persons are signing the same document).

2. Each further notarisation required: an additional £40.00.

3. My handling charge for arranging Foreign Office legalisation (if required) is £40.00

As stated above, you can handle the legalisation porocess yourself and save my handling charge: google "Foreign Office Legalisation" for details. Or you can employ consular agents to handle this for you. Ask me if you'd like further details.

Payment is by card at my office or by bank transfer in advance of collection of the notarised documents.



Complaints

If you are dissatisfied about the service you have received, please do raise it with me. If I am unable to resolve the matter, you may then complain to the Notaries Society of which I am a member. They have a Complaints Procedure which is approved by the Faculty Office. This procedure is free to use and is designed to provide a quick resolution to any dispute

In that case please write (but do not enclose any original documents) with full details of your complaint to:-

The Secretary PO Box 876 Chichester PO19 9ZH Email: secretary@thenotariessociety.org.uk

If you have any difficulty in making a complaint in writing, please do not hesitate to call the Notaries Society/the Faculty Office for assistance.

Finally, even if you have your complaint considered under the Notaries Society Approved Complaints Procedure, you may at the end of that procedure or after a period of eight weeks from the date you first notified me that you were dissatisfied, make your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman, if you are not happy with the result

Legal Ombudsman PO BOX 6086 Wolverhampton WV1 9WJ

Tel: 0300 555 0033

Email: enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk Website: www.legalombudsman.org.uk

1 January 2026