You must only appoint people that you can trust to act as your attorney(s). You should consider the following categories of people when deciding who to appoint:
• family members
• friends
• professional advisors such as your solicitor or accountant: this category is generally only appropriate for LPAs for financial decisions.
You should also consider practical issues such as whether it would be better to have an attorney who is geographically close to you (this might be less relevant, for example, for an LPA for financial decisions if you deal with all your finances online). You should also consider the time, skill and expertise that each attorney has in relation to what they may need to do. If you choose to appoint professional attorney(s) you will need to pay them for acting as an attorney but you can also agree to pay other attorney(s) if you wish.
Attorney(s) must be aged 18 or over and have mental capacity to make decisions. They must not be bankrupt or subject to a debt relief order.
We recommend that you appoint at least two attorney(s) to act, or if you appoint an attorney solely to include replacement attorney(s).