Property and Financial Affairs Lasting Powers of Attorney

What Property and Financial Affairs 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 Property & Financial Affairs Lasting Power 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 and advice on duties is provided;
• Advice on Preferences and Instructions, ensuring any specific wording is accurate for registration and legal purposes;
• Advice on an Expression of Wishes to complement the LPA;
• Dealing with registration of documents;
• Advising on drafting separate Business LPA whether sole trader, partnership or limited co and advice on how this should interact with personal finance LPA. This should be part of every business’ continuity plan;
• Advising on one-off decisions which may need COP intervention (e.g. gifts from Donor’s estate);
• Revoking existing LPA either in part or completely;
• Storing originals and not releasing 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;
• No extra charges for certified copies, storage or release of documents;