Our Lasting Powers Of Attorney Solicitors Promise

In short, a lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a document that allows someone you have appointed to make important decisions on your behalf when you lack the mental capacity, for example, if you have developed dementia.

For a lasting power of attorney to be valid, you must have mental capacity when making the power of attorney.

Lasting powers of attorney can be split into two forms, which are:

1. Health and welfare 

Health and welfare LPAs delegate decisions about:

• Medical care and end-of-life care
• Where you live
• What you eat
• How you dress
• How you’re cared for daily
• Who you have contact with

2. Financial affairs

Financial affair LPAs delegate decisions about:

• Bank or building society amount
• Renovations or maintenance on your property
• Payment of bills
• Pensions and or benefits
• Re-mortgaging or selling your home

You can appoint an LPA to make decisions on your behalf regarding both health and welfare and financial affairs.

The main benefit of appointing a lasting power of attorney is it gives you peace of mind that your health, wellbeing and financial affairs are all looked after by someone you trust if you were to lose mental capacity.

A lasting power of attorney allows you to determine:

• The decisions you want someone to make on your behalf, for example, health and/or financial
• The people you want to make these decisions
• How you want these appointed people to make these decisions

For more information about lasting powers of attorneys, please call our solicitors directly on 020 3007 5500.

To get a lasting power of attorney, you will need to follow the following three stages:

1. Choose your attorney. You can appoint more than one lasting power of attorney.

2. Complete the relevant forms. The relevant forms you need to complete depends on whether you want to appoint a lasting power of attorney for health/ welfare or finance or health/ welfare and finance.

3. Register your lasting power of attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian. To register your power attorney there’s a cost of £82 per lasting power of attorney appointed.

When appointing a lasting power of attorney, you must complete each of the above stages correctly.

Our fees for lasting powers of attorney are bundled, depending on the number of powers of attorney you would like to apply for. Whether it is one, two or a full set of four lasting powers of attorney for you and your partner, our pricing is transparent and clearly set out below.

All of our lasting powers of attorney include complimentary certified copies of each of your lasting powers of attorney for you and your attorneys’ convenience. Your appointed attorneys may need to provide certified copies of your LPA to banks and certain other institutions to prove their status.

Our pricing for lasting powers of attorney is as follows:

Lasting powers of attorney is a protective measure that can only be put in place when you still have mental capacity. Therefore, if a loved one has lost mental capacity,  and they haven’t appointed a lasting power of attorney, you can apply to become a ‘deputy’. A deputy is a person appointed by the Court of Protection to be legally responsible for someone who lacks the capacity to make decisions for themselves where there is no lasting power of attorney.

Our solicitors are also able to make applications to become deputy. For more information on a deputyship order, please contact our solicitors on 020 3007 5500.