In a flash, Dawn’s notary practice will be 25 years old in 2024.   To mark the milestone, we will have various charitable initiatives recognising the international flavour of our work, as well as charities local to our main areas of Epsom, Cobham, Weybridge, Dorking, Farnborough and London.  We will also have a specific 2024 stamp.  Dawn will be interviewing some of her longstanding clients to discern key insights during 2024 and speaking to the next generation about how they see the world – please contact her if you would like to be involved.  When Dawn first started, documents always had to be sewn (!) and notarial practice was considred archaic.  Whilst numbers of notaries remain less than 750 in England and Wales, there remains a steady flow of new entrants to the profession and with that new approaches to delivering notarial practice.  Dawn remembers a time in 1999 when a client remarked on opening their door ‘But you can’t be the notary, you are a young woman’.  Since 1999, countries have split, political diplomacy has changed, borders have changed, countries have gone in and out of transaction favour (we have been around long enough to see trends), UK is out of EU, and being ‘international’ is commonplace for UK business.  All of this has impacted the work Dawn and her team do.  We are seeing technology compliment practice management, and electronic notarisation and e-Apostille beginning to make its mark. As with all progress, there are teething problems and unforeseen challenges, but there are also welcome efficiencies and improvements in rigour, best practice and client experience.  Dawn remarks “Whilst I doubt I will be a practising notary 25 more years from now, I am committed to continuing to ensure Company Notary and Family Office Notary play its part in document integrity and responds to both the client need and evolving notarial practice and legalisation, and supports the next generation of new notaries as well as those retiring from mainstream law firm practice.  Through our notary and legalisation work, we meet the most fascinating people and dynamic businesses.  Rarely is a conversation ”void” – every interaction counts and we are grateful for all our eperiences these past quarter century.”