Contents of our Power of Attorney Kit

Guidance Manual contents:

How to use this Lawpack Kit

Powers of Attorney in England & Wales

What is a Power of Attorney?

Using a Power of Attorney

Enduring Powers of Attorney

Lasting Powers of Attorney

Important concepts

Capacity

’Best interests’

Life-sustaining treatment

’The five principles’

The Code of Practice

Lasting Powers of Attorney Property and Financial Affairs

The Code of Practice

What LPA PFAs apply to

What LPA PFAs do not apply to

Who may be an Attorney

How many Attorneys?

Revocation of an LPA PFA

Using an LPA PFA

Duties

Accounts and records

Gifts

Trustees

Sale of property and Wills

Disclaiming

Lasting Powers of Attorney for Health and Welfare

The Code of Practice

What LPA HWs apply to

What LPA HWs do not apply to

Relationship with Living Wills (Advance Decisions)

Who may be an Attorney

How many Attorneys?

Revocation of an LPA HW

Using the LPA HW

Duties

Gifts

Disclaiming

The Forms

Completing the Lasting Power of Attorney

Property and Financial Affairs and the

Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Welfare

Decisions to be made

Completing the official part of the LPA

Registration

Notification and objections

The Court

LPA Top Tips

General Powers of Attorney

Introduction

Scope and restrictions

Duration

Completing your General Power

Enduring Powers of Attorney

What is an Enduring Power of Attorney?

Registration of an EPA

Notification

What if one or more of the Attorneys are also notifiable relatives?

Notifying the Donor

Is it always necessary to give notice to the Donor and/or to the relatives?

Who should give the notices if there is more than one Attorney?

Who must apply?

The application Form

What if there is financial hardship?

When must the Application be made?

Objections to the registration of the EPA

Grounds on which objections may be raised

Cancellation of registration

Summary of the registration process

Revocation

Powers of Attorney in Scotland

What is a Power of Attorney?

Continuing and Welfare Powers of Attorney

The benefits of a Continuing Power of Attorney

Must the CPA or WPA be in a particular form?

When does the CPA or WPA become effective?

Who may be a Granter and make a CPA or WPA?

What kind of authority can a Granter give in a CPA?

What kind of authority can a Granter give in a WPA?

Choosing your Attorney or Attorneys

Restrictions

Who may be an Attorney?

What an Attorney cannot do under a CPA

Standard of care

Disclosure of conflict

Confidentiality

Accounts

Compensation for work done as an Attorney

Resigning the role of Attorney

Completing the Form of CPA or WPA

The Certificate

Application for Registering the CPA or WPA

The Public Guardian

Where can I get more information about CPAs or WPAs?

General Powers of Attorney

Introduction

Scope and restrictions

Duration

Completing your General Power

Included loose leaf:

General Power of Attorney for England & Wales
General Power of Attorney for Scotland

Forms to download:

For England & Wales:

LP1F Lasting Power of Attorney Property and Financial Affairs
LP1H Lasting Power of Attorney Health and Welfare
LP3 Form to Notify People
Other useful Office of the Public Guardian forms and guidance notes

For Scotland:

Continuing Power of Attorney
Welfare Power of Attorney
Combined Continuing and Welfare Power of Attorney
Certificate under Section 15(3)(C) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 for CPA
Certificate under Section 16(3)(C) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 for WPA
Application for Registration of a Continuing Power of Attorney or Welfare Power of Attorney
Other useful Office of the Public Guardian forms and guidance notes

Choice you will need to make when ordering a Lawpack Power of Attorney Kit

FORMAT The Kit is available in 2 formats:

Paper Power of Attorney Kit by post –includes loose-leaf General Power of Attorney Forms and online access to all other forms
‘Download Now’ Ekit – available to download in one zip file

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