Certified legal translation for UK courts, solicitors, and immigration tribunals — from £14.99 per page with statement of accuracy.
Legal translation isn't a different kind of certification — it's the same UK certified format applied to documents where the wording carries legal weight, and a single mistranslated clause can change the meaning of a contract or a court order. We translate court judgments, divorce decrees, contracts, affidavits, wills, powers of attorney, and immigration tribunal evidence to the standard HMCTS, the SRA-regulated firms, and the tribunals expect.
The rate is £14.99 per page rather than £12.99 — legal work needs translators with subject-matter background (civil procedure, contract law, family law) and an extra QC pass on terminology. Same-day rush available for tribunal deadlines.
Legal translation is the certified translation of any document that creates, records, or supports a legal right or obligation — court judgments, contracts, affidavits, statutory declarations, wills, divorce decrees, powers of attorney, and corporate documents. The certification format matches our standard UKVI-style: signed statement of accuracy, translator credentials, contact details.
The line between 'legal' and 'general' translation gets fuzzy at the edges. A foreign birth certificate isn't usually called a legal translation, but a foreign birth certificate being entered as evidence in a Family Court hearing absolutely is. Same document, different stakes.
We treat anything heading to HMCTS, a tribunal, a solicitor's file, or a contract negotiation as legal work and assign it to a translator with the relevant subject-matter background. The certification format is the same — signed statement of accuracy, translator credentials, contact details, the date — but the translator's qualifications matter more, and so does the extra QC pass.
Our legal translations are accepted by HMCTS (civil and family courts), the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), the Upper Tribunal, SRA-regulated solicitors, the Bar, UK government departments, and overseas authorities for outbound use.
HMCTS — the agency that runs civil, family, and most administrative courts — accepts the certified format directly. Same for the First-tier and Upper Tribunals on the immigration side, where translated foreign-language evidence shows up constantly: country expert reports, foreign judgments, family records, witness statements taken overseas.
SRA-regulated firms use the same format for client files, and we work directly with several immigration and family law firms across London, Birmingham, and Manchester. For outbound use (UK legal documents going abroad), legal translations often need to pair with FCDO apostille — see our apostille page for that workflow.
Legal translation costs from £14.99 per page — a £2 premium over our standard certified rate. This covers the subject-matter translator and an additional QC pass on legal terminology. Statement of accuracy and 24 business-hour delivery included.
Legal documents are denser per page than personal documents — a court judgment can run 20+ pages of close reasoning, a commercial contract similar — so the per-page rate sits at £14.99 rather than £12.99. The lift covers the translator's legal background and an extra QC pass that catches the small but consequential mistranslations that cause documents to be returned by HMCTS.
For tribunal deadlines or hearing prep, same-day rush is £29.99 per page, 24/7 including weekends. We handle bundle work — translating an evidence pack of 50+ pages in parallel — at the same per-page rate, no volume penalty.
No, not for use in UK courts or with UK solicitors. HMCTS and SRA-regulated firms accept the certified format directly. Notarisation is only required when the document is heading abroad to a jurisdiction that needs it — typically alongside an FCDO apostille for Hague Convention countries.
It's the same misconception we see on the visa side. Notarisation is sometimes upsold as if it were a default for legal work; it isn't, when the destination is the UK. HMCTS, the tribunals, and SRA-regulated firms read certified translations directly.
Where notarisation does come in: outbound legal documents (UK contracts going to a US partner, UK divorce decrees being recognised in Spain or Italy, UK wills supporting overseas probate). For those, the certified translation pairs with notarisation and usually FCDO apostille on top. We handle the translation; you handle the FCDO submission.
Yes — foreign divorce decrees are translated daily for HMCTS recognition (under the Family Law Act 1986) and for remarriage at UK registry offices. The certified format includes everything the court and registrar need: signed statement of accuracy, translator credentials, and a faithful rendering of all official stamps, registry entries, and judges' signatures.
HMCTS requires translations to come from a qualified translator with a signed statement of accuracy — the solicitor's bilingual ability isn't a substitute, even where the content is uncontested. The reasoning is procedural: an independent translator's certification creates an evidence record the court can rely on without revisiting it.
Standard turnaround is 24 business hours per document. Same-day rush (8-hour guarantee) is available for tribunal deadlines, including weekends and bank holidays. Multi-document evidence bundles are translated in parallel rather than sequentially, so a 10-document pack doesn't take 10 days.
Yes. Commercial contracts, NDAs, articles of association, board resolutions, share purchase agreements, and other corporate documents are translated at the legal rate. For high-stakes commercial work where bilingual side-by-side delivery is required, mention it at order time.
Our legal-track translators have either subject-matter qualifications (LLB, paralegal, court interpreter accreditation) or sustained working experience in a legal context. Each legal translation is QC-reviewed by a second translator before delivery.
Yes — First-tier Tribunal (IAC) and Upper Tribunal evidence is one of the heaviest streams of legal translation we handle. Country evidence, foreign judgments, family records, expert reports, and witness statements taken overseas all run through the same certified format the tribunals accept directly.
We're a certified translation service that arranges notarisation when it's actually required. UK courts, tribunals, and solicitors don't ask for notarisation on top of certified translation — see the section above. For outbound legal work that does need notarisation, we coordinate with a UK notary public to arrange it on the certified translation we've produced.
Yes. Our translators are registered with professional bodies (CIOL, ITI) and produce certified translations that HMCTS, immigration tribunals, and UK solicitors accept directly as evidence. Each translation carries the translator's credentials, statement of accuracy, and contact details — the format the courts use to verify the registered translator UK side behind the work.
Most legal translation companies in the UK use generalist translators with a legal-themed glossary. We use translators with combined linguistic and legal subject-matter background (civil procedure, contract law, family law, immigration) plus an additional QC pass on terminology. As a legal translation agency we cover HMCTS courts, solicitors, and immigration tribunals — at £14.99 per page we're typically half the price of larger legal translation companies for the same certified format.
Yes. The certified format we produce is the official translation of documents UK courts, HMCTS, immigration tribunals, and the General Register Office accept directly. Statement of accuracy, translator credentials, and contact details are included — no additional sworn signature or notarisation needed for UK court use.
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Important: UKVI does NOT require notarised translations. Learn when you need notarisation and when certified translation is sufficient.
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