Lasting Powers of Attorney + Deputyship

We work swiftly with integrity and sensitivity to assist with putting in place Lasting Powers of Attorney for a range of age groups in different situations.

Our friendly easy to understand approach and transparent fixed fee pricing ensures that you receive the assistance you need with efficiency and complete pricing confidence.

What are Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA’s)?

Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are extremely powerful documents that give a person or people legal authorisation to act on someone else’s behalf.

There are two types of Lasting Power of Attorney:

1. Property and Financial Affairs – this allows you to appoint a person or people of your choice to deal with your bank accounts, investments and property in the event that you become either unable or unwilling to deal with them yourself.
2. Health and Welfare – this allows you to choose who will deal with your day to day health and care decisions on your behalf, such as where you might live or what medical treatment you might access, when you can no longer do so.

We would be happy to meet with you either in the office or at your home discuss Lasting Powers of Attorney and to take your instructions on this matter. Once an LPA has been completed it is registered at the Office of the Public Guardian.

This is included in our fixed fee.

Deputyship Order Application

When an individual is unable to make decisions for themselves and they have not made a Lasting Power of Attorney, the process is called Deputyship.

A formal application is made to the Court of Protection for a person or people to be appointed as the Deputy, which means they are responsible for making financial decisions for the individual who can no longer deal with their financial affairs because of issues of mental health and capacity.

We guide clients through this process to ensure the Deputyship Order is obtained as quickly as possible. We appreciate that time is of the essence as the individual may not have access to their bank accounts.

We also offer a fixed fee for this service, which includes our initial meeting, our preparation of forms and advice throughout the process.

Contact us  for a free 30 minute no-obligation consultation to find out how we can help with LPAs and Deputyship Order Applications.

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