Powers of Attorney

We have vast experience in handling all matters relating to Lasting Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection, including circumstances where our fee earners have been appointed as Attorneys and Deputies in matters.

Planning for the future

We can therefore assist you with planning for your own and your family’s future and (where applicable, in conjunction with our Wills and Estate Planning services) we are happy to discuss with you the legal steps that you can take to ensure that your affairs can be dealt with properly in your lifetime by someone you trust if you are unable to deal with these yourself or you are unhappy about dealing with these yourself.

Lasting Powers of Attorney are documents that can be prepared whilst you are still able to deal with your own affairs to enable others to assist you in the event that you may not be able to deal with these in the future yourself.

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Allowing the ones you trust to take care of finances and health

A Lasting Power of Attorney for Financial Decisions gives others the legal authority to make financial decisions and handle your financial affairs on your behalf and a Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Care gives others the legal authority to make decisions about health and care matters on your behalf.

We offer expert advice on both types of documents and are also happy to consider with you whether any existing Lasting Powers of Attorney still meet your needs and appoint the people that you wish to deal with your affairs.

It may also be the case that you historically prepared an Enduring Power of Attorney. An Enduring Power of Attorney also appoints others to handle your financial affairs on your behalf and, whilst it is no longer possible to prepare new Enduring Powers of Attorney, these documents remain valid. However, we are happy to consider any existing Enduring Power of Attorney with you to ensure that it still meets your needs and provide advice as to how such a document may be used in the future.

Handling affairs if loved ones are unable to make decisions

We recognise that there is also a scenario where your loved ones have already reached a point where they cannot make decisions for themselves and, in such circumstances, we can discuss with you the merits of an application to the Court of Protection for the appointment of a Deputy, who is a person authorised by the Court to handle those affairs.

We therefore offer a wealth of experience and specialism in assisting you with the following:

The preparation of Lasting Powers of Attorney for Financial Decisions ;
The preparation of Lasting Powers of Attorney for Health and Care matters;
Registration of both types of Lasting Powers of Attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian;
Revocation of existing Lasting Powers of Attorney if these no longer achieve your aims;
Consideration of whether a professional Attorney needs to be appointed;
Advising on existing Enduring Powers of Attorney and the registration process in relation to the same;
Revocation of existing Enduring Powers of Attorney if these no longer achieve your aims;
Considering the merits of an application to the Court of Protection in relation to the financial affairs of someone close to you;
Considering the merits of an application to the Court of Protection in relation to the welfare of someone close to you;
Assisting with on-going legal obligations for Attorneys and Deputies once the appointments take effect

The above services are available at all of our offices and are dealt with by all Partners and our assistant solicitor Pamela Brooks (supervised by the resident partner).

Our Charges

Advising on, preparing and registering a single Lasting Power of Attorney for an individual

£300 plus VAT plus the registration fee (currently £82);

Advising on, preparing and registering both types of Lasting Powers of Attorney for an individual

£500 plus VAT plus the registration fees (currently £82 per Lasting Power of Attorney)

Advising on, preparing and registering both types of “mirror” Lasting Powers of Attorney for a couple

£900 plus VAT plus the registration fees (currently £82 per Lasting Powers of Attorney);

Advising on, preparing and registering two “mirror” Lasting Powers of Attorney for a couple

£500 plus VAT plus the registration fees (currently £82 per Lasting Powers of Attorney)

Advising on existing Enduring Powers of Attorney

Our charges will be calculated based on the time spent on the matter at our current charging rate;

Preparation of a Deed of Revocation

£50 plus VAT when done in conjunction with other work or, if not done in conjunction with other work, our charges will be calculated based on the time spent on the matter at our current charging rate with a minimum baseline cost of £150 plus VAT;

Advising on an application to the Court of Protection

our charges will be in accordance with the “Fixed Costs” permitted by the Court;

Advising Attorneys and Deputies on on-going legal obligations once an appointment has taken effect

Our charges will be calculated based on the time spent on the matter at our current charging rate.