Private
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Lasting powers of attorney
Choose who can make decisions for you if you can’t, about money and property or about health and care.
A lasting power of attorney lets people you trust act for you if illness or an accident means you can’t. It has to be made while you still can.
What’s included
Advice on choosing attorneys and how they should decide
Both documents: property and financial affairs, and health and welfare
Guidance for your certificate provider
Registration with the Office of the Public Guardian
Not included
The Office of the Public Guardian’s registration fee
Deputyship applications, if a power of attorney can no longer be made
Key stages
A meeting about your wishes and your attorneys
Documents prepared and checked
Signing by you, your attorneys and the certificate provider
Registration
What we need from you
Names and addresses of your attorneys
Anyone you’d like told when the documents are registered
Every matter is different. We confirm the scope and the fee in writing before we start.
Fee
£660 fixed incl. VAT
Per person, for both types. The Office of the Public Guardian charges a registration fee on top.
Timescale
2 weeks, then months to register
Led by
Tom Penn
For
Adults who want to plan ahead, at any age.
Tell us what’s happening.
We’ll reply within one working day with whether we can help, and what it would cost.