The High Court have ruled in the case of Whittaker v Hancock [2018] EWHC 3478 (Ch) that an attorney who was acting under a property and financial affairs LPA could step in to replace a donor who had lost capacity as a personal representative.
Whilst a Will is a document that deals with your assets and allows your executors to handle your affairs after you’ve gone, a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) provides powers whilst you’re living.
The transfer deadline day is a day in which all football fans get excited as it's their teams last chance to wrap up business up until the new year. The transfer window this year is closing 3 weeks earlier than usual.
Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) are complex legal documents and care must be taken when drafting them to ensure they are completed correctly.
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The refunds are being offered to those who may have been charged more than was necessary to apply to register lasting or enduring powers of attorney between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2017.
The population are busy accumulating digital assets. This might be a host of photos on social media, to a small fortune in your betting or PayPal account.
The family of an 81 year old woman kept alive against her will have this week received a £45,000 pay-out after the hospital caring for her misplaced her advanced directive.
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