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.

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.

The cost for a lasting power of attorney depends on whether you want to appoint one lasting power of attorney (health and welfare or finance) or two lasting powers of attorneys (health and welfare and finance). Additionally, it may be that you want a mirror lasting power of attorney. A mirror lasting power of attorney is when you’re married or in a civil partnership and you want to appoint your partner as your lasting power of attorney.

Britton and Time Solicitors’ 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 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 01273 726951.