Notary Services
As a Notary Public, Straw & Pearce Partner Julie Brown is able to provide or authenticate documents on behalf of businesses.
Julie’s Notary Public services include verifying signatures and documents so that they can be considered legally acceptable in countries outside of England and Wales.
Additional services offered by Julie include Notarisation, Legalisation and affixing of Apostille certificates where necessary.
She can provide assistance with:
- Affidavits
- Apostilles and Legalisation
- Authentication of contracts
- Document copies requiring notarial verification
- Documentation to record events which require notarial verification
- Documents relating to Patents and Trademark change of ownership
- Powers of attorney
- Documents confirmatory to share issue certification
- Statutory declarations
- Sworn statements and oaths
If the matter is simple, Julie will endeavour to charge a fixed fee to include disbursements such as legalisation fees, postage, consular agent fees, courier fees, travelling expenses, translating costs and more.
For more complicated or time-consuming matters the fee will be based on Julie’s hourly Notary Public rate of £250.00 subject to a minimum fee of £125, plus disbursements. The fee charged may include time spent on preliminary advice, drafting and preparation time, making and receiving telephone calls, correspondence written and received in all formats, arranging legalisation and record keeping.
Get in touch today to find out more about the Notary Public services we offer at Straw & Pearce.
Our Notary Services Team

Julie Brown
PARTNER & HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
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