Powers of attorney
General and special powers for use in property, banking and court matters overseas.
Notary public · City of London
Documents signed, sealed and accepted abroad.
Meridian Notary prepares, certifies and legalises documents for use in over ninety jurisdictions. Careful drafting, precise identification checks and a seal that clears foreign registries first time.
- EST. 2009
- 12,000+ DOCUMENTS
- SAME-DAY AVAILABLE
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What we notarise
Six areas cover most instructions. If your matter sits outside them, send the papers and we will tell you plainly whether a notarial act is required.
Company documents
Board resolutions, certificates of good standing, registers and certified constitutional documents.
Property transactions
Deeds of sale, mortgage documents and title paperwork for purchases and sales abroad.
Personal documents
Certified copies of passports, degrees, birth and marriage certificates, affidavits and declarations.
Apostilles
Legalisation by the FCDO under the Hague Convention, with tracked return by courier.
Consular legalisation
Embassy and consulate attestation for countries outside the Hague Convention.
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How it works
Four steps, start to courier.
01
Send your documents
Email the paperwork and tell us the destination country. We confirm exactly what is required.
02
Attend the appointment
Bring photographic identification. Most appointments take twenty to thirty minutes.
03
Notarial act executed
The document is signed, sealed and entered in the protocol register the same day.
04
Legalisation and return
We arrange the apostille or consular stamp and return the papers by tracked courier.
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Fees
Quoted before we begin. No hourly billing for standard notarial acts.
Notarial certificate — single signature
Standard appointment at our office
£95
Each additional signature or copy
Executed in the same appointment
£40
Certified copy of a document
Passport, degree, certificate
£75
Company document set
Resolutions, registers, good standing
£180
Apostille handling (FCDO)
Excluding the FCDO fee and courier
£85
Mobile notary visit
Within the City and Zones 1–2
from £60
All fees are exclusive of VAT at the prevailing rate. Disbursements — FCDO apostille fees, embassy charges, translation and courier — are billed at cost and confirmed in writing before they are incurred.
Mobile notary
We come to the kitchen table, the ward, or the boardroom.
When travel is difficult or a signing must happen where the papers are, we attend in person. Home visits, hospitals and care homes, chambers and company offices — across the City and greater London, including evenings and weekends by arrangement.
- Full protocol register kept on the visit
- Witnesses arranged where a document requires them
- Tracked courier collection from the address
About the notary
Eleanor Voss
Notary Public, admitted 2009
Eleanor practised as a solicitor in cross-border commercial work before being admitted as a notary public by the Court of Faculties. She has since executed more than twelve thousand notarial acts for private clients, family offices and listed companies.
Her practice is deliberately small. Every instruction is handled personally, from the first review of the papers to the moment the apostille returns from the FCDO — because a document rejected abroad is rarely rejected for a small reason.
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Questions
Same-day appointments are usually available if you contact us before midday. Evening slots are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
A valid passport or photocard driving licence, plus a recent utility bill or bank statement showing your address. For company work we also need evidence of your authority to sign.
Yes. The notarial certificate is issued in English and, where required, bilingually. We can arrange a certified translation before the appointment.
An apostille is issued by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and is accepted by Hague Convention states. Other countries require additional attestation at their embassy, which we handle on your behalf.
Contact
Send the papers. We will tell you what is required.
Appointments are held at our Cheapside office, a short walk from Bank and St Paul's. Same-day slots are usually available when you write before midday.
- Office
- Second Floor, 44 Cheapside
London EC2V 6AE - Hours
- Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 18:00
Tuesday & Thursday until 20:00
Saturday by appointment - Telephone
- 020 7946 0381