Lasting Powers of Attorney
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Take Control of your Future – Before It’s Too Late!
Imagine you suddenly became unable to manage your personal or financial affairs – whether due to illness, accident, or age-related decline.
Who would make decisions on your behalf?
Who would have the legal authority to act for you?
By setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), you can ensure that trusted individuals can step in when you’re no longer able to make decisions yourself.
Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, you can appoint one or more Attorneys to act on your behalf to look after your affairs if you lose mental or physical capacity – due to illness, accident, or old age. There are two separate types of LPA documents:
- Property and Financial Affairs – allows your attorney to manage your money, property, and financial matters.
- Health and Welfare – allows your attorney to make decisions about medical treatment, care arrangements, and daily wellbeing.
Important Points to Note
- The person making the LPA (the Donor) must have mental capacity at the time of creation.
- The law does not allow LPAs to be created after capacity is lost, which can cause problems for families without one.
- LPAs are powerful legal documents, but there are safeguards to prevent abuse:
- Before registration, certain people (including the Donor) must be notified and can object if concerned.
- The Donor can add restrictions or guidance on how attorneys should act.
- A certificate provider (ideally a professional such as a Progressive Wills Ltd Consultant, or alternatively, someone who has known the Donor for at least two years) must confirm the Donor understands the LPA.
Just like a will, a LPA can be updated or cancelled at any time, so long as the Donor still has capacity.
For help creating your LPA, just click the contact button below.
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Take Control of your Future – Before It’s Too Late!
Imagine you suddenly became unable to manage your personal or financial affairs – whether due to illness, accident, or age-related decline.
Who would make decisions on your behalf?
Who would have the legal authority to act for you?
By setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), you can ensure that trusted individuals can step in when you’re no longer able to make decisions yourself.
Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, you can appoint one or more Attorneys to act on your behalf to look after your affairs if you lose mental or physical capacity – due to illness, accident, or old age. There are two separate types of LPA documents:
- Property and Financial Affairs – allows your attorney to manage your money, property, and financial matters.
- Health and Welfare – allows your attorney to make decisions about medical treatment, care arrangements, and daily wellbeing.
Important Points to Note
- The person making the LPA (the Donor) must have mental capacity at the time of creation.
- The law does not allow LPAs to be created after capacity is lost, which can cause problems for families without one.
- LPAs are powerful legal documents, but there are safeguards to prevent abuse:
- Before registration, certain people (including the Donor) must be notified and can object if concerned.
- The Donor can add restrictions or guidance on how attorneys should act.
- A certificate provider (ideally a professional such as a Progressive Wills Ltd Consultant, or alternatively, someone who has known the Donor for at least two years) must confirm the Donor understands the LPA.
Just like a will, a LPA can be updated or cancelled at any time, so long as the Donor still has capacity.
For help creating your LPA, just click the contact button below.