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Lasting Power of Attorney

The importance of preparing your Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is all too often overlooked by people when planning ahead for their golden years.
By preparing a Lasting Power of Attorney you are ensuring that the right people of your choice are legally allowed to deal with your assets and/or personal welfare should you become mentally or physically incapable of handling your own affairs.
Do I really need a Lasting Power of Attorney?
Quite simply, would you like to have a say in what would happen if you were to suffer from mental or physical incapacity?
Without an LPA in place, loved ones would have to apply through the Court of Protection and a judge would decide who can handle your affairs. This process often takes over a year to complete and costs many thousands of pounds in solicitor and court fees. Until the legal process is complete, your finances and assets would be frozen.
Personal Welfare LPA or Property and Financial LPA?

There are two types of LPA, the Health & Welfare LPA and the Property and Financial Affairs LPA. You can, if you wish, only have one of these types of LPA but we would always recommend preparing both types, where appropriate.

The Health & Welfare LPA allows you to appoint the right person or group of people to look after your personal healthcare and welfare. In situations where you lack capacity this would give them the authority to; access your medical records, decide your course treatment, decide where you live, decide who can visit you. This LPA also allows you to give authorisation to them to refuse or consent to life sustaining treatment.

The Health & Welfare LPA allows you to appoint the right person or group of people to look after your personal healthcare and welfare. In situations where you lack capacity this would give them the authority to; access your medical records, decide your course treatment, decide where you live, decide who can visit you. This LPA also allows you to give authorisation to them to refuse or consent to life sustaining treatment.

Our Services
Our service covers all aspects of creating an LPA including:
  • Health & Welfare LPA’s (LPA-HW)
  • Property and Financial Affairs LPA’s (LPA-PFA)
  • Personally customised instructions
  • Full advice on each document
  • First visit to obtain instructions
  • Formulation of document
  • Second visit to deliver document and act as Certificate Provider
  • Arranging all attorney signatures
  • Preparation of registration documentation
  • Document checking process
  • Applying to register the Lasting Power of Attorney
  • Monitoring of registration process until complete
  • (where applicable) applying for fee remission or fee exemption.

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The Legacy Company have assisted me and my family with a number of services including Will Writing, Power of Attorney arrangements and various property issues. James McPhail in particular has been extremely helpful always going the extra mile to assist wherever possible which has been much appreciated. I would definitely recommend them to a friend!
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Have used TLC services on two separate occasions over a period of several years- once for their Will writing services and more currently to set up Lasting Powers of Attorneys for my family. On each occasion the service provided by the company representative (James Mc) has been first class taking account of my financial circumstance and personal wishes, with practical advice being offered (but not forced) to protect legacies to potential beneficiaries. Very prompt and quick response to the most minor of queries. Excellent value for money.
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We Recently used this company for wills and power of attorney , James McPhail was whom we dealt with , he was extremely friendly , knowledgeable, and professional, great time keeping, an abundance of patience .... we had many questions all of which he answered clearly , in a way we all understood . We have also dealt with the office to make dates and time arrangements again very professional and friendly . We would totally recommend this company for all of your legacy requirements.
Angela MasonGoogle Reviews
Making a Will and LPA is obviously never going to be an enjoyable experience, but James took us through everything that we needed to do with a nice light friendly touch - including some humour 🙂 He explained all of the legal jargonese in easy to understand terms, and took us through all of the paperwork in a very concise way. (Thumbs up for the 'one pen' rule James) I would definitely recommend the Legacy Company.
Arthur SnellingGoogle Reviews
Thank you very much James at TLC for your professionalism and for your valuable advice to help me writing my Will. Your service was second to none! I would recommend anyone to contact James McPhail even for a simple Will.
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A very professional service provided by James. Discussed what I thought might be a difficult topic sensitively, and guided me through the terminology and legalities of making a will and a power of attorney. Very happy with the end result. Thank you
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