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A Lasting Power of Attorney, often called an LPA, lets you choose people you trust to help make certain decisions on your behalf. Putting one in place while you have the necessary mental capacity means your chosen attorneys can act if they are needed later.
At Nene Legal, we help you understand your choices, complete the documents and navigate the signing and registration process. We offer free home visits in Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Kettering and Northampton.
This LPA covers decisions about your money and property, such as bank accounts, bills, pensions, investments and a property sale. Once registered, it can be used while you still have capacity if you have chosen that option and give permission, or you can specify that it is only used if you lose capacity to make the relevant decisions.
This LPA covers decisions about your care, daily routine, where you live and medical treatment. It can only be used when you cannot make the particular decision yourself. You can also choose whether your attorneys may make decisions about life-sustaining treatment.
Once you have a Lasting Power of Attorney in place you can have peace of mind that there is someone you trust to look after your affairs if you became unable to do so yourself during your lifetime.
This may occur, for example, because of an illness or old age or an accident.
Your LPA gives you control over your future should you lose capacity. It can include binding instructions together with general preferences for your Attorneys to consider.
While Attorneys must always make decisions in your best interests, by including instructions and preferences you can make sure that your Attorneys are making decisions the way you want them to.
Your LPA Attorney should reflect your particular wishes so you know that the things that matter most to you will be taken care of.
A Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal document that lets you appoint people you trust to make decisions about your property and finances or your health and welfare. The two types are separate documents and must be registered before they can be used.
A Property and Financial Affairs LPA can be used while you still have capacity if you have chosen that option and give permission. A Health and Welfare LPA can only be used when you cannot make the particular decision yourself.
You can appoint more than one attorney and consider replacement attorneys. We will explain how your choices work and help you complete the process.
A spouse, partner or adult child does not automatically have authority to make every financial or welfare decision for you. Without an LPA, a family may have to consider other arrangements, which can include an application to the Court of Protection for financial decisions.
Health and care professionals can make some decisions in a person’s best interests; a health and welfare deputy is not appointed in every case. A bank may restrict or review a joint account when an account holder loses capacity, but its procedures can vary.
The current Court of Protection application fee is £432 per application. Other fees may apply, and some people qualify for help with fees. A registered LPA can help establish the attorney’s authority, although organisations may need to complete their own checks.
You can make an LPA if you are 18 or over and have the mental capacity to understand it. You must make it while you have the relevant capacity; no one can make an LPA on your behalf after you have lost that capacity.
We will explain your choices, prepare the paperwork and guide you and your attorneys through signing, witnessing and registration with the Office of the Public Guardian. An LPA must be registered before it can be used.
We will explain our fixed fee before you decide to proceed. The Office of the Public Guardian charges a registration fee of £92 for each LPA, separate from our fee. Some people may qualify for a reduction or exemption.
Registering both types for one person normally involves two Office of the Public Guardian fees, totalling £184, unless a reduction or exemption applies. These fees were checked on 27 October 2026 and may change.
We guide you through the paperwork, signing and witnessing, and assist with registration. Call 01933 588 990 for a free, no-obligation conversation.
