A Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal document that enables you to appoint someone to make decisions on your behalf. The person appointed becomes known as your “Attorney” and can legally make decisions on your behalf in relation to health and welfare as well as property and financial affairs.
We have a special interest in clients who don’t have mental capacity to manage their own finances, through illness, injury or old age.
Head of Department, Yvonne Carratt holds the STEP Advanced Certificate in Advising Vulnerable Clients.
Working with businesses we help owners plan and put arrangements in place so that the business can continue if a crisis occurs because a business owner, or key investor, dies or loses the ability to make a business decision.
In our daily lives, it’s easy to overlook important legal arrangements that can significantly impact our future well-being. One of these is the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), a document…
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LPA stands for Lasting Power of Attorney. It is a powerful legal document. It is the power of an individual to appoint some-one as their official attorney to make decisions…
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