Friar Street Notaries - Notary Public in Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Wokingham

Friar Street Notaries is based at the offices of Blandy & Blandy in Reading. It has two qualified notaries, Philip D'Arcy and David Few, both of whom are solicitors and former partners at Blandy & Blandy, and both practise exclusively as notaries. Together they share 30 years' professional experience as notaries and nearly 70 years as solicitors.

Philip D'Arcy qualified as a notary public in 2005 and as a solicitor in 1981, while David Few qualified as a notary public in 2003 and as a solicitor in 1982. Friar Street Notaries is a member of The Notaries Society and is authorised to verify legal documents or affidavits for use as evidence in Court. It provides notarisation and legalisation services for individuals and businesses. The firm serves Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham and the surrounding areas.

Friar Street Notaries handles notarisation work that includes documents destined for legalisation, and clients describe a consistently efficient process. The expertise of Philip D'Arcy is singled out, with reviewers noting how he explains the notarisation procedure clearly and requests paperwork in advance so that appointments proceed smoothly, something that proved especially valuable when an elderly relative accompanied a client.

David Few is named for a professional and accommodating approach, while Susan is mentioned for her helpfulness and support from the initial contact onwards, including arranging appointments promptly. A detail many reviews return to is the kindness and patience shown across the team, with one client recording that a forgotten document was typed up without an extra charge. Preparing paperwork for apostille is described as straightforward, and the notarisation itself is completed quickly once the documents are in order.

A number of reviews mention the professionalism and care experienced from the first enquiry through to the conclusion of the work, and the team's readiness to accommodate individual circumstances runs through their comments. The impression left is of technical knowledge delivered in a friendly and responsive manner, with the notarisation of legal documents for use abroad the thread that ties the feedback together.