There are two types of LPAs - the Health and Welfare LPA and the Property and Finance LPA.

The Health and Welfare LPA allows your Attorney or Attorneys to make decisions on your behalf regarding any medical treatment or social care that you might need.

The Property and Finance LPA allows your Attorney or Attorneys to make decisions about your financial life, such as helping you pay bills or sell property.

An Attorney is simply the person that you appoint to make decisions on your behalf should you ever lose your capacity to make your own decisions.

They don’t need any special qualifications, they just need to be over 18 and have the mental capacity to make decisions.

Before our appointment, it would be good to have considered who you would like to appoint as you Attorney. You can choose more than one.

No, but most people do both at the same time so they know arrangements for all eventualities are in place.

Please bring a photo ID with you (such as a passport or driver’s license), as well as a copy of a utility bill or some other proof of address. This is so we can carry out the checks we’re obliged to on your identity.

Please also have to hand the dates of birth and addresses of those you think you would like to appoint as your Attorneys.

We will give you a clear quote for the fee we charge before we carry out any work for you, which will depend on how many LPAs you wish to create.

Once we have created your LPAs, they will need to be submitted to the Office of the Public Guardian, which is a government department that approves and manages the LPAs.

In order to register the LPAs, the Office of the Public Guardian charges a fee of £82 per LPA. These charges are not included in our fees and, sadly, are unavoidable!