Your Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is an important document. It gives your chosen attorneys the power to deal with your affairs on your behalf, should you lose the capacity to do so yourself. But is it a good idea to appoint your children? You
Lockdown resolutions! With a New Year upon us and another lockdown in place, what will you resolve for 2021? Will you roll out those tired old resolutions that we all find it so hard to stick to? Healthy eating, losing weight, getting fit, more time
It is always advisable to have a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in place to ensure that a trusted friend or family member can deal with your affairs on your behalf, should you become unable to manage them. We take a look at the decisions
There has been much focus on Lasting Power of Attorney’s (LPAs) recently, especially as they are important for those who have lost capacity and require people they trust to manage their affairs. There has been less talk about LPAs for businesses which can provide protection
We are living in uncertain times. Apparently healthy people are dying or being left incapacitated as a result of contracting Covid-19. If a person is left unable to assert their wishes once they have lost capacity, there is a fear that those acting on their
A Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal document giving a person legal authority to make financial decisions or medical decisions on your behalf. You can appoint a person to either make decisions regarding your health and welfare under a Health and Welfare Lasting Power
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) can be an incredibly helpful way of allowing a person you trust to manage your affairs once you are no longer capable. Ideally, an LPA should be executed well in advance of any incapacity. But so long as the
As we all get to grips with home working, home schooling and staying up until midnight to get a supermarket delivery slot, we are all becoming a more au fait with the ‘new normal’. Like many other companies, we are seeing a surge in the
A Property and Financial Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) can be an incredibly helpful way of allowing a person you trust to manage your financial affairs if you are not able to do this yourself. We are all witnessing how our massive sophisticated planet and
Here at legalmatters, we continue to do everything we possibly can to service our existing and new clients during these very difficult times. Our ability to provide remote services makes us stand out from the crowd. This means that you can deal with your will,