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Lasting Power of Attorney: Making your wishes clear

June 28, 2022
Manal Fouad
Private Client

If you are planning to make a Lasting Power of Attorney, read our guide about how to discuss your wishes for the future with your loved ones.

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Talk Money Week: Talking to your family about your wishes for the future

November 9, 2021
Manal Fouad
Private Client

Talk Money Week is designed to help us all speak about money, finances, Wills, inheritance, & Power of Attorney with our famiily. Read more.

Lasting Powers of Attorney – Is now a good time?

July 1, 2020
Manal Fouad
General

Mr G, a man in his mid-forties was married with three children. He had his own business which was extremely profitable, and enjoyed his pastime of playing golf and swimming. He would take flamboyant holidays about four times a year with the family, with at least two involving skiing in the French and Swiss Alps. When he came to see me to draw up his Will, we discussed preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA’s). “What are they”, he asked? I explained that a lasting power of attorney is a legal…

Law society report 30% increase in demand for Wills

April 20, 2020
Manal Fouad
Private Client

NHS workers fighting Covid-19 on the front line, together with the elderly and vulnerable, lie behind a huge spike in demand for will writing over recent weeks, according to the professional body for solicitors. The Law Society says many firms have reported a 30% increase, as a result of worries about the coronavirus pandemic, but the lockdown and self-isolation are creating new challenges in getting the wills drafted and signed while still complying with legal requirements. There has been a surge in people looking to set up powers of attorney…