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…