Power of Attorney - Northern Law

Power
of Attorney

A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document that allows you to appoint people, not limited to, your family or friends to make decisions on your behalf should you lose your mental capacity. If you become unable to look after your affairs during your lifetime, a LPA gives you the peace of mind that there is someone you trust, with the legal authority, to do this for you. It is important to be proactive and take this step to ensure you are well looked after should you ever lose mental capacity.

If you do not make an LPA whilst you have your mental capacity, an application would have to be made to the Court of Protection for the Court to appoint a person to look after your affairs. However, this process can be stressful, expensive and time consuming and our advice would be to act now to avoid potential unnecessary stress in the future.

There are two types of LPA- Health & Welfare and Property & Finance. You may choose to have only one or both types of LPA.

Health and Welfare

This allows your attorneys to make decisions on your behalf in terms of your health and care decisions. This includes your medical care, life sustaining treatment, your daily routine and your personal welfare.

Property and Finance

This allows your attorneys to make decisions on your behalf in terms of your Property and Finances. This includes managing your bank account, buying, selling or renting properties, paying your bills or collecting your pension.

If you are considering creating an LPA, we can explain the process and the effects of such documents to you before drafting the same and dealing with the registration.

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