Health and Welfare Lasting Powers of Attorney

What Health and Welfare Lasting Powers of Attorney Services do we provide?

Our team of expert Powers of Attorney Solicitors can deal with every aspect of setting up a Health & Welfare Lasting Powers of Attorney. This includes:

• Advice on how to set one up, when it can be used, whom to appoint/how many (attorneys) to appoint and how attorneys should act;
• Acting as ‘Certificate Provider’ ensuring proper capacity checks / advice on duties is provided;
• Advice on Preferences/Instructions, ensuring any specific wording is accurate for registration/legal purposes;
• Advice and offer of separate Expression of Wishes to complement the LPA but which isn’t made a public document like the LPA;
• Registration of documents;
• Advising on one-off decisions which may need Court Of Protection intervention;
• Revoking existing LPA either in part or completely;
• Storing originals and not releasing them unless under strict protocols to ensure no abuse of power or undue influence present;
• Applications to Court of Protection for directions or guidance where there is disagreement between attorneys or where an attorney needs to be removed because of breach of trust, misconduct or misappropriation;
• Advice on life-sustaining treatment aspects;
• How this works in conjunction with an Advance Decision or Living Will.
• Use of an Expression of Wishes to elaborate on how you would like your Attorneys to make decisions about your health and welfare.
• No extra charges for certified copies, storage, release of documents;