Lasting Power of Attorney: Making your wishes clear
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.
Lasting Power of Attorney – a steep fall in LPAs during the pandemic causes concern
Lasting powers of attorney - LPAs registered during the coronavirus pandemic have seen a dramatic fall. Read more.
Lasting Powers of Attorney – Is now a good time?
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…
Safeguarding is vital when appointing others to act
Financial abuse of vulnerable people by those acting on their behalf is on the rise, with investigations into the actions of appointed attorneys soaring to a record high. With the continuing rise in dementia and a population that is living longer, these figures show how important it is that people understand how to act under a power of attorney, and the need for safeguarding and professional input to the process. A Power of Attorney is a document by which someone - known as the donor - gives another person –…
Lasting power of Attorney
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a way of giving someone that you trust the legal authority to make decisions on your behalf if you lack mental capacity or if you no longer wish to make decisions for yourself. There are two types of LPA, for financial decisions and for health and welfare decisions. The criteria for someone wishing to make an LPA for both types of LPAs are quite straightforward, they must be any person aged 18 or over and the person wishing to make an LPA must…
Lasting Powers of Attorney and why you need one
With an ageing population in England and Wales, mental capacity is increasingly becoming an issue for a wide range of families. Mental capacity is a legal concept which defines a person's ability to make a specific decision or to do a particular act. If a person loses capacity, safeguards need to be put in place to cater for the eventuality. What are the safeguards? Preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney The answer is: preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney, whilst one still has capacity, in anticipation of the possibility that at some…