LEGALISING OR APOSTILLING A DOCUMENT
Many documents for use in Spain need to legalised or apostilled in accordance with the Hague Convention of 1961. The fee charged by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is currently £28.00.
It is virtually unheard of for clients to ask Anglo-Spanish Law only to legalise a document. Normally, there is some other work that needs doing, such as, for example, draft a Spanish power of attorney or prepare a Spanish Will. For more information, please click on the relevant link.
If, unusually, only legalisation is required, then the fees and disbursements of Anglo-Spanish Law depend on how quickly the job needs to be done. Assuming that the job needs to be done quickly, (ie with a turn around time of approximately one week), the cost in fees and disbursements is £100.00.
Anglo-Spanish Law is not liable for the acts, or failure to act, of others. The main problem here is likely to be Royal Mail, or the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, or the personnel of the firm instructed to go round personally to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, making a mistake or going on strike or whatever, and Anglo-Spanish Law cannot, and does not, accept liability for them getting it wrong or going on strike or the consequences thereof.