Instruct Rogers & Norton to prepare your Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) this spring
We’re offering 20% discount on our LPA fees from 1st March – 31st May 2023.
A Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal document, put in place to appoint people you trust to deal with matters on your behalf when you may be otherwise unable to do so due to an incapacitating illness, accident or injury. The document allows you, the ‘Donor’ (the person donating the powers) to give legal powers to your chosen ‘Attorneys’ to act on your behalf and assist you with your personal affairs.
There are two types of Lasting Power of Attorney. The first is for financial decisions and allows your appointed Attorney to assist you with finances and banking or buying and selling property, for example. The benefit of an LPA for financial affairs is that it can be used while you still have capacity. As soon as your LPA is registered, you may receive assistance from your Attorney.
The second is an LPA for health and care decisions. From what care and treatment you receive to where you may live or decisions surrounding life-sustaining treatment, this document allows an Attorney to act on your behalf. Once registered, it can only be used by your Attorney if you lose mental capacity in the future.
A brief example of what each LPA may cover is listed below:
| Property and Finances LPA | Health and Welfare LPA |
| Managing your bank accounts | Arranging where you live |
| Managing your investments | What care you receive and where |
| Selling or buying property on your behalf | Liaising with your doctor as to your medication and prescriptions |
| Paying your bills and any taxes | Making medical decisions on your behalf |
| Collecting your benefits and/or pensions etc. | Life sustaining treatment decisions and who can make these on your behalf |
| Make gifts on your behalf (e.g. to charity or for birthdays/Christmas) |
Preparing for the future may feel daunting but our specialist team at Rogers & Norton are here to help if you’re considering putting an LPA in place. We can discuss your options and go through the documents with you. Once signed by all parties concerned, the Lasting Power of Attorney is sent to the Office of the Public Guardian for registration.
At Rogers & Norton, we offer fixed fees for our LPA services and costs would be discussed and agreed with you before any work commenced. Our fixed fees cover the whole process from the initial meeting of advice and taking your LPA instructions, to assisting with arranging signature of the LPA(s) by all parties, registration with the court and subsequent storage of those original registered documents.
To arrange your LPA appointment, please call 01603 675631 (for our Norwich office), 01953 458169 (for our Attleborough office) or email Wills@rogers-norton.co.uk