Lasting Powers of Attorney

	Lasting Powers of Attorney

Making a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) with Dale and Co. Solicitors Lincoln

An LPA allows you to plan for the future by appointing one, or joint, attorneys to act on your behalf if you become unable to do so. Multiple attorneys can be asked to make decisions together or independently and together, where you feel it is appropriate.

To make an LPA you must be aged 18 or over and be capable to do so. You cannot make a joint LPA - each person must make their own. An LPA cannot be used until it is registered with the Office of the Public Guardian.

There are two kinds of LPA:

Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney

By appointing one or more attorneys, the Personal Welfare LPA means that if you become unable to make decisions about your health care or housing, for example, someone you trust can do this for you. You can specify what sort of decisions your attorney can make - from day to day choices to 'life sustaining care', which you have to give additional consent for.

Property and Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney

An attorney (or attorneys) can be appointed through a Property and Affairs LPA to manage your property and finances when you can no longer do this for yourself, and also while you still have the capacity to make these decisions. This can be very useful, for example if you are out of the country a lot, or have mobility problems. You can decide which of these decisions to give to your attorney(s).

What is the Public Guardian?

The Public Guardian’s role is to protect people who lack capacity from abuse. The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) was established in 2007 to support the Public Guardian in registering Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney and supervising Court of Protection appointed deputies.


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