Being an attorney under a Power of Attorney involves a great deal of power and responsibility. So, it is extremely...
Lasting Power of Attorney: Acting as an attorney
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Lacking mental capacity and the Mental Capacity Assessment
Your mental capacity is vital to whether you can make decisions or not. It will make the difference, for example,...
Get digital: Powers of Attorney Act 2023 gets the green light
Today the new Powers of Attorney Act 2023 received Royal Assent. This will create new safeguards to protect against fraud and abuse and digitalisation will improve processing time and reduce human error. The Powers of Attorney Act fires the starting gun on bringing...
Four out of five adults have no Power of Attorney
According to a survey by Canada Life, four out of five adults in the UK don't have a Power of Attorney and registrations have dropped by 26.5 per cent. With the Government set to modernise the Lasting Power of Attorney, it's time that adults with no Power of Attorney...
Types of Power of Attorney
A Power of Attorney is a legal document that is given by the 'donor' to the attorney so the attorney can make decisions on their behalf. The attorney can make decisions on the donor's behalf when the donor can't or doesn't want to. The Lasting Power of Attorney is...
General guide to Mental Capacity
A donor has to have mental capacity to be able to appoint an attorney. If the donor has lost capacity, someone will need to go to the Court of Protection to be appointed as a Court appointed deputy. This is a general guide to mental capacity for donors and attorneys....
