OUR POWER OF ATTORNEY SOLICITORS PROVIDE EXPERT LEGAL ADVICE WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST Our Power of Attorney solicitors can help you plan if you are no longer able to manage your affairs owing to an accident, illness or old age. A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) allows you to appoint people you trust to make decisions and sign documents on your behalf. Our team of expert Power of Attorney solicitors advise on both types of LPA – the Property and Financial Affairs LPA and the Health and Welfare LPA. We also advise on Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) and Advance Decisions. Arrange A Call With One Of Our Experts MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE Our expert Power of Attorney solicitors advise on all aspects of preparing, registering and using LPAs and EPAs including: PROPERTY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS LPAS This document allows you to appoint someone to make decisions about how your property and finances are managed when you lack physical and/or mental capacity. This could include decisions relating to the sale of your house or operation of your bank account. HEALTH AND WELFARE LPAS This document allows you to choose someone to make decisions about your health and welfare when you lack mental capacity to do so yourself. Our Power of Attorney solicitors help document decisions including where you live, what health treatment you receive, and can also delegate decisions about receiving life-sustaining treatment. ADVANCE DECISIONS Sometimes known as a living Will, and often made alongside a Health and Welfare LPA, this document lets your family, carers and health professionals know your wishes about refusing life-sustaining treatment if you are unable to make or communicate that decision yourself. ENDURING POWERS OF ATTORNEY You can no longer make EPAs, but those made before 1 October 2007 remain valid. If the person who made the EPA loses mental capacity, it will trigger registration. Our expert Power of Attorney solicitors can advise on use of the EPA and assist with registration. NO POWER OF ATTORNEY? If a loved one becomes mentally incapable, and no EPA or LPA is in place, you may need to ask the Court of Protection to appoint a Deputy to manage their financial affairs. Our Power of Attorney solicitors offer specialist advice in this area and full assistance with deputyship applications. Read more about our Capacity and Court of Protection services. RELATED EXPERTISE Court of Protection Business Lasting Powers of Attorney INTERESTED IN THE LATEST NEWS FROM BLAKE MORGAN? Private Client Insights & Invitations Discover More About Our Mailings Here 1 2 3 4 OUR CLIENTS Our Power of Attorney solicitors act for individuals wishing to make LPAs, including those with separate requirements for business and personal affairs. We also provide expert advice to attorneys appointed under Powers of Attorney including assisting with EPA registration. "Knowledgeable staff who guided us through a complicated process setting up our Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorneys very well, explaining each part of the process with understanding and support. What could have been a very difficult and sensitive conversation turned into a enjoyable process through the team’s good management. We felt fully supported and confident in the decisions we have made to secure the future of ourselves and family." - Legal 500, 2022 AWARDS AND ACCOLADES HIGHLIGHTS Acting as a professional attorney for an elderly couple with no suitable relatives; meeting to discuss their financial assets and also their health and welfare wishes should they lose capacity. 1 2 3 OUR EXPERTS JAMES GREIG Partner Oxford View Profile LISA DAVIES Partner Cardiff View Profile SIMON TREHERNE Partner Southampton View Profile BM INSIGHTS ARTICLES DO I NEED A WILL? Where there is a will there is a way, as the saying goes, and where there is no Will, there could be problems coming the way of your family or... Read More ARTICLES KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR ESTATE AND INHERITANCE TAX PLANNING Believe it or not, everybody has an estate, which includes everything you own. If your estate is large enough, Inheritance Tax may become payable. It is therefore a very good... Read More ARTICLES INCAPACITY AND LASTING POWERS OF ATTORNEY IN LIGHT OF FINDING DEREK Kate Garraway's documentary 'Finding Derek', which aired on Tuesday 23 March 2021, gave a harrowing insight into the detrimental impact of long-term COVID. Kate is well-known as a presenter on... Read More ARTICLES A SMARTER WAY TO PASS ON YOUR WEALTH AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE Together with Tilney, Blake Morgan discussed a smarter way to pass on your wealth and planning for the future during a webinar on 8 October 2020. Read More ARTICLES POWER OF ATTORNEY - WHICH TYPE IS RIGHT FOR YOU? By creating a Power of Attorney you can give somebody legal authority to act on your behalf to deal with your financial or personal affairs. This can be especially useful... Read More ARTICLES HEALTH & WELFARE LPA OR ADVANCED DECISION? If you have been looking into your future medical treatment, should there come a time where you lack the capacity to make the decision yourself, you have probably come across... Read More Click Here For More Insights GET IN CONTACT Need Advice? Call 0238 085 7047 Or Fill in The Form Our Experts are here to help Nearest Office Nearest Office London Cardiff Reading Southampton Oxford First Name Last Name Company Email Telephone Message CAPTCHA PRIVACY NOTICE Blake Morgan Privacy Policy We do not use any enquiries to the info@blakemorgan.co.uk email address or any completed forms for marketing purposes. FOLLOW US: SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER ARRANGE A CALL CONTACT US: Cardiff London Oxford Reading Southampton © Blake Morgan 2021. All Rights reserved. 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