CHP Atkinson

read moreAn English Notary Public is an officer of the law appointed by the Court of Faculties (after passing professional examinations) whose public office and duty it is to prepare, to witness, and/or to certify under his seal of office, deeds and other documentation for use anywhere in the world. Please note our office is based in Leeds. Although, if you are not in Leeds then don't worry - please do still get in touch. We are very often able to assist with your notarial requirements remotely, or put you in touch with someone local to you.

read moreOne of our many services is being able to offer clients an international courier service. Please note, even if you do not require notarisation or legalisation services we can assist you in arranging FedEx international courier to ship paperwork overseas - Yes, that is right, we are FedEx agents and are able to ship paperwork to more than 220 countries and territories. If you would like to use our international courier service then please get in touch with us and we can let you know the cost of the courier - all we would need from you, to inform you of the cost of FedEx, is the recipients full name, address [including zip code if applicable] and contact telephone number - should you decide to proceed then we can arrange for you to drop into our office (situated in Leeds) the paperwork which you require to be shipped.

read moreWe have over 25 years of experience with Notarial Matters. Chris Atkinson, our Notary has retired as a Solicitor after forty years to be a full-time Notary. He therefore can usually deal with Notarial duties immediately -same day- if required. If it is more convenient to see you at your home or office due to your busy schedule then this is no problem for us, we can travel to see you if required. If it is not possible for a client to attend our office, due to medical reasons then we can come to visit you at home or in hospital at a discounted travel rate.

read moreAn Apostille is a one-page document issued by the Government that acts as a certificate of authentication to support and prepare legal paperwork [Notary Certificate, Educational Qualification -Degrees etc.] for international acceptance. Many countries require your important English legal documents to be authenticated within their country of origin [England] before they can be accepted as valid. If you are asked by a foreign organization or Jurisdiction to provide proof of authenticity for a document, an Apostille will help to simplify the process.

read moreI have many years of experience in both the legal and medical sectors, always with emphasis on excellent customer care. I started my career as an office junior in Gordons Wright & Wright Solicitors (later, just "Gordons") in Bradford in 1997 and then progressed to become Legal secretary to Chris Atkinson. He was at that time the head of the Conveyancing department there, as well as being a Notary Public. Working with Chris I became a "Paralegal" with my own client caseload dealing with Conveyancing transactions.