LPA means Lasting Power of Attorney.

LPA means Lasting Power of Attorney.

Imagine the scenario that in the future you lose the mental ability to make decisions. Now, whilst you have ability to make decisions, you can choose to either:

  • Give someone (can be more than one person) the power to make decisions on your behalf once you’ve lost mental capacity (or sooner, see Property and Financial Affairs); or
  • Allow the Public Guardian to make decisions for you once you’ve lost mental capacity

If you give someone power to make decisions, they become your Attorney (another word for representative).

There are two types of LPA, specific to the type of decisions that the Attorney(s) can make:

  • Health and Welfare
  • Property and Financial Affairs

If you give an Attorney the power to make decisions about Health and Welfare, they’ll be able to step in when decisions need making about:

  • Your daily routine, for example washing, dressing and eating
  • Medical care
  • Moving into a care home
  • Life-sustaining treatment

Remember, these decisions can only be made by the attorney(s) when it is established that you cannot make your own decisions. If you can make your own decisions, attorney(s) cannot make them for you against your will.

If you give an Attorney the power to make decisions about Property and Financial Affairs, they’ll be able to step in when decisions need making about:

  • Managing a bank or building society account
  • Paying bills
  • Collecting benefits or a pension
  • Selling your home

Unlike Health and Welfare, the Property and Financial Affairs LPA can be used before mental capacity is lost providing the attorney has permission to help.

We specialise in preparing and submitting LPAs at an affordable rate. The best price we offer is where there are two people making the LPAs at the same time is just £500 + VAT for both Health & Welfare and Property and Financial Affairs.

All prices include VAT:

Number of PeopleAttorneysPrice for Health & WelfarePrice for Property & Financial Affairs
1Unlimited£180£180
2Unlimited£300£300

 

Our prices do not include the £82 fee the Public Guardian requires to register the LPAs.

Example:

A married couple both wish to make their 2 children their attorneys for both Health & Welfare and Property & Financial Affairs:

Fee due to us: £500 + VAT (£600)

Fees due to the Public Guardian: 4 x £82 (£328)

Total: £928