MD Pryke Notary Public

Matthew Pryke, Notary Public London, provides a complete range of notarisation and legalisation services for his Notary Public Clients. His London Notary Public practice is increasingly asked to provide competitive and fixed fee quotes to address legalisation, including obtaining apostilles.  Often London Notary Clients require a range of notarisation and legalisation services based on the deadline and budget for legalisation.  Often legalistion fees can be greater than the notarisation fees and consequently Matthew Pryke, Notary Public London, has produced a short guide and tips for his Notary Clients when determining legalisation fees. 

Notary Public Legalisation Fees Tip 1:  Consider the cost versus time for a Notary Public practice to deal with the legalisation.  Whilst notarial clients can save fees by dealing with legalisation themselves it can be counter productive if significant time is required to deal with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (for Apostille) or London Consulate. Time is money!

Notary Public Legalisation Fees Tip 2:  Determine an appropriate deadline. A number of London’s Consulates and also the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (for apostilles) offer varying legalisation services which can significantly reduce legalisation fees if clients’ requirements are less pressing. For urgent notarial matters this legalisation option will not be possible.  However a good Notary Public practice should provide such options to you as a way of reducing notarisation and legalisation fees. 

Notary Public Legalisation Fees Tip 3:  Seek courier quotes in advance.  As courier fees charged by London Notary Public practices vary greatly it is always advisable to seek a full and detailed fee quote.  Whilst the fees charged by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (for apostilles) and London Consulates will be fixed the courier fees will vary based on the competitive pricing of the legalisation service offer by the Notary Public London.

Notary Public Legalisation Fees Tip 4:  Legalise a number of documents at the same time.  Legalisation courier fees are likely to be incurred each time a trip is made to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (for apostilles) or a London Consulate.  Therefore cost savings can be enjoyed by dealing with several documents at the same time.  This provides the usual economies of scale as part of the legalisation process.

Notary Public Legalisation Fees Tip 5:  Ensure the document can be legalised.  Often legalisation fees and time can be wasted by taking documents to be legalised either to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (for apostilles) or London Consulates when the documents have not been dealt with, for example, via notarisation, and are therefore rejected.  It is always advisable to seek the advice of a qualified and experienced London Notary Public practice to ensure that all legal and procedural steps have been taken prior to legalisation.

London Notary Public Matthew Pryke would like to remind his notary clients that whilst many areas of the country are currently effected by the Royal Mail industrial dispute MD Pryke Notary Public  continues to provide affordable legalisation solutions to its notary clients.   MD Pryke Notary Public would recommend to all its notary clients that, during this uncertain time, they avoid the postal service offered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  London notaries practice MD Pryke Notary Public is able to provide the following legalisation solutions (to obtain Apostilles) which notarial clients can trust.

London Notary Public Legalisation Option 1 – Premium Service

MD Pryke Notary Public offers a same day turn around of notarised documents which are couriered, legalised and returned to clients.  The large majority of notary clients prefer to opted for this legalisation solution as it provides certainty and an efficient service for a slightly increased fee.

London Notary Public Legalisation Option 2 – Hand delivering documents to Norfolk House

MD Pryke Notary Public also offers its notary clients a legalisation service whereby notarised documents are couriered to Norfolk House in Milton Keynes on a daily basis.  Notarial documents will then be dealt with via the “Public Counter” section of the Foreign and Commonwealth Offices legalisation department.  Notary clients are able to receive their notarised documents back legalised within approximately 24 – 48 hours based on when the notarised document is received by London Notaries practice MD Pryke Notary Public.

London Notary Public Legalisation Option 3 – Legalisation via DX

London Notaries Public practice MD Pryke Notary Public also offers notary clients a service whereby documents can be legalised and dealt with within a week without the need to incur additional courier fees.  MD Pryke Notary Public offers a legalisation service whereby notarised documents can be posted via DX and then legalised at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the same day.  Whilst this process takes a little longer than the premier service and couriering service the cost savings and turn around, in a matter of days, offers a useful and cost efficient legalisation alternative to the London notary clients of MD Pryke Notary Public.

For further details of the legalisation services offered by London Notary Public Matthew Pryke or alternatively to seek a notarisation or legalisation fee quote please visit the website of this London Notaries practice at www.mdpryke-notary.com.

London Notary Public practice MD Pryke Notary Public, based in London’s West End,  would like to provide an update to its notary clients regarding the legalisation service offered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Legalisation Department, which issues Apostilles on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office,  has confirmed to this London Notaries practice that all mail received from Notary Publics up to 9^th October has now been opened.  Consequently the Legalisation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has indicated that applications for legalisation received after this date will be open “as soon as possible“.  Many London notaries, including London Notary Matthew Pryke, fear that the industrial action planned by the Royal Mail is likely to delay the postal application legalisation service offered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  Consequently London Notary Public Matthew Pryke would like to advise all notary clients to consider using alternative ways in which to achieve legalisation of documents.

Commenting on the impending industrial action London Notary Public Matthew Pryke explained, “Notary clients are understandably concerned as to the potential impact that the Royal Mail industrial action may have on their deadlines to obtain Apostilles from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  As a cautionary measure I am advising all of my notary clients to consider using alternative means in which to get documents legalised by utilising London Notary Public legalisation services such as the premium service, DX or using London notary practice couriers to legalise documents via the Foreign and Commonwealth offices “Public Counter”“.

London notarial practice MD Pryke Notary Public offers a complete range of affordable legalisation services which will ensure that notarial clients can continue to get documents legalised to suit any time frame and budget. For further details of the legalisation services offered by London Notary Public practice MD Pryke Notary Public please refer to the London notaries website www.mdpryke-notary.com or alternatively telephone 0207 636 4422.

Today (2 October 2009) London Notary Practice, M D Pryke Notary Public, is pleased to announce the launch of the Google Checkout facility on it website www.mdpryke-notary.com

For further details of this facility or to use Google Checkout please refer to the “Notary Fees” page of this London Notaries website http://www.mdpryke-notary.com/londonnotarypublicfees/. This innovative facility will allow Notary Public clients who use Google Checkout to buy from this London Notary practice quickly and securely, using a single username and password. In addition Notary clients of this London Notary practice can use Google Checkout to process the payment of Notary invoices and charge their credit or debit cards. Google checkout provides fraud protection which covers Notary Public clients against unauthorised purchases made through Google Checkout, and Google are keen to stress that they don’t share purchase history or full card numbers with sellers.

Commenting on the news, Matthew Pryke, a Notary Public based in London’s west end, explained, “Google Checkout provides an entirely new facility to clients of our London Notaries practice. The fraud policy Google offers should also provide our Notary clients with peace of mind to use the facility with confidence.  We hope that clients will find this option appealling and feel sure that more Notary fees will be paid via the Google Checkout facility in the future.”

For further information about Google Checkout and how it works follow this link https://checkout.google.com/seller/what.html?hl=en&gl=GB. To seek further information about the notarial practice of London Notary MD Pryke Notary Public please refer to the website http://www.mdpryke-notary.com/.

London Notary Public Practice M D Pryke Notary Public is pleased to announce that the Embassy of the Dominican Republic has informed this London Notarial practice that, with immediate effect, all British documents with an valid apostille obtained from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will be received as valid in the Dominican Republic without any requirement to be further legalised by the Consular of the Dominican Republic Embassy in London.  Notary Public clients should note that the documents will, however, be required to be translated into Spanish with the translation certified by the Dominican Republic Embassy at a cost of between £120 and £200 per document.  Consequently the process for London Notary clients of London Notary Public Practice M D Pryke Notary Public has been made slightly more straight forward.

Commenting on the recent changes London Notary Matthew Pryke explained, “Any removal of additional requirements to legalise a document is likely to be well received by our London Notary clients.  However as the document will still be required to be both legalised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and also translated and then certified by the Dominican Republic Embassy the process of producing documents to be received in the Dominican Republic is still somewhat more cumbersome than a number of other countries globally.  Consequently we would continue to advise our London Notary Public clients to liaise with our London Notary Practice at the earliest opportunity to ensure deadlines can be meet and unnecessary delays avoided.“ 

For details of the notarial and legalisation services London Notary Public Matthew Pryke provides in relation to legalisation of documents for the Dominican Republic please contact this London Notaries practice at www.mdpryke-notary.com.

London Notary Public, Matthew Pryke has today (8 September 2009) been recognised as a legal expert in the latest edition of The Legal 500.  Matthew Pryke, who is a Partner at Wallace LLP, Notary Public and practice owner of London Notary Public Practice MD Pryke Notary Public has been recognised alongside his Partner John Woodhouse as a legal expert and an authority in the Media and Entertainment industry.  Particular reference was made to Matthew Pryke’s relationships with A1GP and Models 1, who Matthew assists as both a solicitor and Notary Public.

Commenting on the recent article London Notary Matthew Pryke explained, “I am delighted that Wallace LLP and I have been formally recognised as experts in Media and Entertainment Law by The Legal 500.  It further cements Wallace LLP’s position as the lawyers and notary practice of choice to the Media and Entertainment Industry“. 

The Legal 500 is generally considered to be the number one client guide to the best law firms, lawyers and notary publics. For details of the inclusion of London Notary Public Matthew Pryke in The Legal 500 please refer to the following link http://www.legal500.com/firms/3446-wallace-llp/offices/543-london.  Alternatively to seek further information about the notarial practice of London Notary MD Pryke Notary Public please refer to the website http://www.mdpryke-notary.com/.

London Notary Public Practice, MD Pryke Notary Pubic, would like to inform all of its clients that on Monday 31^st August 2009 (Bank Holiday Monday), the Legalisation Offices of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will be closed.  London Notary Public practice M D Pryke Notary Public will therefore provide the usual same day legalisation service from Tuesday 1^st September 2009.  In addition London Notary clients should note that with effect from Monday 24^th August 2009 access to the Legalisation Office within Norfolk House will be effected by what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office describe as “minor refurbishment works“.  Notary clients should be confident that these minor refurbishment works will not effect the legalisation service offered by London Notary Public Matthew Pryke and his Notary Public practice based in London’s West End. 

London Notary Public Matthew Pryke explains “with the Legalisation Office closed on 31^st August we will not be able to process any legalisation matters for our London Notary Public clients received after Friday until 1^st September 2009.  However from the 1^st September 2009 and onwards my London Notary Public practice will continue to provide a same day service for any Apostille requirements.“ 

For further information about the Legalisation Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and any need to obtain an Apostille or other legalisation requirements please do not hesitate to contact London Notary Public MD Pryke Notary Public at his London Notary Public practice address or via email at matthew@mdpryke-notary.com.

A Notary Public lawyer is challenging the default retirement age in the Court of Appeal after he was made to stop work at 65.  The Notary Public, now aged 68, believes that he still has a great deal to offer the solicitor’s profession and claims he was discriminated against on the grounds of age. Whilst, Mr Sheldon continues to works as a Notary he was forced to stop work at 65 according to the terms of his partnership agreement. It is not unusual for retiring solicitors to continue to operate an independent practice as a Notary Public.

For further details of this Notary Public’s claim and to view a video clip of this Notary Public please refer to the BBC News Article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8150266.stm

London Notary, Matthew Pryke  believes that the legal challenge raises “important questions of legal policy and principle for all businesses which have the potential to affect all employees. Whilst the case will be viewed primarily as an important precendent for age discrimination laws it is also a key decision for businesses more generally. As a fellow Notary Public I wish Mr Sheldon the best of luck with his legal case.”

Matthew Pryke is a qualified solicitor, Notary Public, London Notary and Commissioner for Oaths and is owner and operator of the London Notary practice M D Pryke Notary Public. For further information about this London Notaries practice please refer to www.mdpryke-notary.com

The concept of a Commissioner for Oaths, or what is sometimes described as a Commissioner of Oaths, is often misunderstood.  In English law, the following professions can be administer Oaths

• Notary Public
• London Notary
  
• Solicitor
• Barrister
• Legal Executive
• Licensed Conveyancer

A London Notary such as Matthew Pryke is also a Commissioner for Oaths and can therefore deal with any requirements for a Commissioner for Oaths that may be encountered.  A meeting with a London Notary should take no longer than 15 to 20 minutes and the large majority of matters should be dealt with on the same day.  The fee charged by the London Notary practice may vary so it is worth shoping around.  Also remember to ask whether the London Notary will charge VAT on the fees as this will effect the price you pay.  London Notary, Matthew Pryke does not charge VAT on his professional fees which he explains, “offers many of my notary clients a very useful saving.”

For further information regarding Commissioner for Oaths please refer to the affiliated website of London Notaries practice M D Pryke Notary Public.

Today (7 July 2009) M D Pryke Notary Public officially launched a Google advertisement.  The advertisement provides brief details of this London Notary Public practice and acts as a useful guide to individuals and businesses seeking notary public services in London.  The Google advert provides another example of how the notary practice of M D Pryke Notary Public is fast becoming one of the most innovative notary practice in London and able to adapt to the evolving needs of the London marketplace.

London Notary Public Matthew Pryke commenting on the advert explains “the Google advert provides a unique way in which my London Notary Public Practice can target and attract new business.  We hope that individuals and businesses find the advert both useful and informative.  As a London Notary Public based in the capital we are keen to remain technologically fresh and innovative in our approach.”

For further details regarding this London Notary Public Practice please contact M D Pryke Notary Public at www.mdpryke-notary.com.  To view the Google advert for this London Notary Public practice please click the embedded link below.