It is hard to imagine that one day, due to an illness such as dementia or a catastrophic disease or injury, you may lose the mental capacity to make decisions for yourself. However, as we live longer, the risk of suffering from a lack of mental capacity increases.

A Lasting Power of Attorney will give you peace of mind that someone you trust can take care of your financial, health, and care concerns. Our Lasting Power of Attorney Solicitors have extensive experience in drafting LPAs and will ensure that your wishes are clearly documented. We can also advise you on choosing your Attorneys and support them in their duties if the LPA comes into effect.

We are a diverse, multi-lingual law firm that uses best-in-class technology to provide clients with streamlined, modern, and highly effective Wills, Trusts, Lasting Power of Attorney, and estate planning advice and representation. Based in our Nottingham offices, our solicitors have years of experience in private client law, which means we have a robust reputation for excellence with the UK’s best Barristers and King’s Counsel, Estate Agents, Independent Financial Advisers, Tax Advisors, Surveyors, and Business Succession Planning Advisors who can bring additional support to our Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning Department if required.

Common Questions About Lasting Powers of Attorneys

What is a Lasting Power of Attorney?

A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) allows you (the Donor) to appoint a person or people you trust (known as an Attorney) to manage your affairs if you become mentally incapacitated.

LPAs are generally divided into two types:

• Financial affairs LPA
• Health and care LPA

Powers under an LPA must be given by means of a deed, which is signed by you and details the full extent and scope of the Attorney’s powers and ability to act on your behalf. The LPA must state who you want to appoint as your Attorneys, including both primary and secondary Attorneys.

How does an LPA for financial affairs work?

A financial affairs LPA can provide an Attorney with wide-ranging powers to act on your behalf. Your Attorney can be given the authority to pay bills, sell and manage property or investments, or simply administer your bank account.

Anyone over 18 can create a financial LPA. Similarly, anyone over 18 with the mental capacity to act as an Attorney can be appointed, provided they are not bankrupt or the subject of a debt relief order at the time of appointment.

Multiple Attorneys can be selected, though you will need to consider how this arrangement will work in practice. Authority to deal with financial affairs can also be used while you still have mental capacity if specified in the deed.

What is an LPA for health and care?

A health and care LPA allows you to appoint an Attorney to decide on your medical treatment, diet, living arrangements, and daily activities. This type of LPA can only be used when you have lost mental capacity. Decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment typically remain within the remit of medical professionals unless explicitly stated otherwise.

I am not based in Nottingham. Can you still represent me?

Our Lasting Power of Attorney Solicitors regularly support clients nationwide, not just those based in Nottingham. The distance between you and our office does not affect our ability to provide highly effective advice, representation, or LPA drafting.

Why Choose Us?

Our Lasting Power of Attorney Solicitors provide peace of mind that your affairs will be safely managed if you lose mental capacity temporarily or permanently.

People choose and recommend us because we care about them, their family, and their future. Our Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning Solicitors are focused on achieving results in the most cost-effective, efficient way possible. This is why we are one of the most successful and busiest private client lawyers in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

Smalleys Solicitors provides exceptional Lasting Power of Attorney and Wills, Estate & Trusts services to clients. People choose and recommend us not just in Nottingham, Arnold, Hucknall, Derby and Mansfield, but across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire & the East Midlands, and the whole of the UK, because we get results.

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