Discover the role of replacement attorneys in an LPA, when they step in, and how they ensure your wishes are upheld.
Discover the role of replacement attorneys in an LPA, when they step in, and how they ensure your wishes are upheld.
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document that allows a person (called the donor) to appoint someone they know and trust (called the attorney) to make decisions on their behalf should they become unable to do so in the future. However, there may be occasions when the LPA needs to be changed...
Learn how advanced decisions and a health and welfare LPA work together to ensure your healthcare wishes are respected.
This article takes a back to basics look at Advance Decisions, including what they can and can't be used for.
The Autumn Budget 2024 set out a number of changes to capital gains and inheritance tax that will affect estate planners.
Here are some pointers for the donor to take into account when making their decision of who to appoint as their attorneys.
If you have a business or businesses, have you considered what would happen if you were to lose capacity? A business LPA differs from personal LPA’s because it will be tailored according to the business and considers its articles of association along with shareholder agreements or partnerships agreements. You can put an LPA in place...
Challenge to Will's validity based on the testator's lack of testamentary capacity and absence of knowledge and approval of its contents.
General Powers of Attorney are very different to Lasting Powers of Attorney. In this article we'll explore the differences and their uses.
In this article, we’ll take a look at the Health and Welfare LPA, and what the consequences of not having one of those are.