Surbjit Kumar is a Notary Public and is Regulated through the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The notary service includes work required by private individuals and companies. The notary service includes the following:-
a. Taking instructions and receiving draft documents
b. Arranging a meeting
c. Attending to client and discussing draft documents and notarising the document if acceptable
d. dealing with legalisation subject to client instructions
The notary service can include notarising documents such as powers of attorney, certifying documents and attesting declarations on various documents such as statutory declarations, affidavits and oaths.
The timescales for notarising documents can be between 3 to 10 working days and completion of the notarised work is subject to all requisite information and documents being available to the notary to complete the work. The time involved in arranging legalisation depends on the relevant embassy or consulate that is to legalise the document. The notarial service professional indemnity insurance is insured to a level of £1,000,000.00.
The notary service is covered by a formal complaints procedure. The notarial practice is regulated through the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury:
The Faculty Office
1, The Sanctuary
Westminster
London SW1P 3JT
Telephone 020 7222 5381
Email Faculty.office@1thesanctuary.comWebsite www.facultyoffice.org.uk
If you are dissatisfied about the service you have received please do not hesitate to contact me. If we are unable to resolve the matter you may then complain to the Notaries Society of which I am a member, who have a Complaints Procedure which is approved by the Faculty Office. This procedure is free to use and is designed to provide a quick resolution to any dispute.
In that case please write (but do not enclose any original documents) with full details of your complaint to :-
The Secretary of The Notaries Society Old Church Chambers
23 Sandhill Road
St James
Northampton. NN5 5LH
Email secretary@thenotariessociety.org.uk
Tel : 01604 758908
If you have any difficulty in making a complaint in writing please do not hesitate to call the Notaries Society/the Faculty Office for assistance.
Finally, even if you have your complaint considered under the Notaries Society Approved Complaints Procedure, you may at the end of that procedure, or after a period of 6 months from the date you first notified me that you were dissatisfied, make your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman*, if you are not happy with the result :
Legal Ombudsman
P O Box 6167
Slough SL1 0EH
Tel : 0300 555 0333
Email : enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk
Website : www.legalombudsman.org.uk
If you decide to make a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman you must refer your matter to the Legal Ombudsman :- Within six months of receiving a final response to your complaint and Six years from the date of act/omission; or Three years from when you should reasonably have known there was cause for complaint (only if the act or omission took place more than six years ago). The act or omission, or when you should have reasonably known there was cause for complaint, must have been after 5th October 2010.
*certain kinds of commercial entities are not eligible to make a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman – please refer to the Legal Ombudsman Scheme Rules or consult the Faculty Office.
Notary fees are calculated based on time incurred on a notary matter from the point of instruction to completion of the work at an hourly rate of £100 including any time for arranging legalisation of documents.Contact Surbjit Kumar Notary Public by email surb.kumar@rthlaw.co.uk
Surbjit Kumar
Partner & Notary Public
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1 Rose Hill
Willenhall
West Midlands
WV13 2AR