Get in touch:
Open 8am to 8pm 7 days a week
0800 012 15 15
© All content is Copyright 2012 -
Unit 15, 1 Bath Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8SD
Website Design and SEO by Micro-
Ross Coates Solicitors serve clients nationally and throughout East Anglia, and in the following locations:
Solicitors for Aldeburgh, Solicitors for Attleborough, Solicitors for Aylsham, Solicitors for Baldock, Solicitors for Burwell, Solicitors for Bury St Edmunds, Solicitors for Cambridge, Solicitors for Cromer, Solicitors for Diss, Solicitors for Downham Market, Solicitors for Ely, Solicitors for Eye, Solicitors for Fakenham, Solicitors for Framlingham, Solicitors for Great Yarmouth, Solicitors for Halesworth, Solicitors for Harleston, Solicitors for Holt, Solicitors for Ipswich, Solicitors for King's Lynn, Solicitors for Lowestoft, Solicitors for Mildenhall, Solicitors for Newmarket, Solicitors for North Walsham, Solicitors for Norwich, Solicitors for Royston, Solicitors for Saxmundham, Solicitors for Sheringham, Solicitors for Thetford, Solicitors for Tiptree, Solicitors for Wells, Solicitors for Wisbech, Solicitors for Woodbridge, Solicitors for Wymondham
Our Expertise
Lasting Power of Attorney
(Solicitors for Ipswich, Suffolk and East Anglia)
There may come a time, because you are incapable of managing your property and financial affairs or your personal welfare that you require someone to do this on your behalf. A lasting power of attorney is a legal document that allows you to formally appoint someone you trust to manage your affairs, make decisions and act on your behalf.
From 1st October 2007 the single Enduring Power of Attorney has been replaced by two longer and more complex Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) one to deal with Personal and Welfare issues, and another to deal with Property and Financial Affairs.
Property and Financial Affairs LPA
A Property and Financial Affairs lasting power of attorney allows you to choose someone you trust to make decisions about how to spend your money and the way your property and affairs are managed.
Personal Welfare LPA
A Personal Welfare Lasting power of attorney allows you to choose someone to make decisions about your healthcare and welfare. This includes decisions to refuse or consent to treatment on your behalf and deciding where you live.
An LPA must contain a certificate that the person granting the LPA understands its purpose and the scope of the authority they are giving to the attorney. Only certain designated people can make this certificate and they must have known the individual creating the LPA for at least two years, and cannot be a relative or carer of the donor. All this red tape will make it far more difficult for an LPA to be obtained.
Appointing a lasting power of attorney can involve a complex legal process. Ross
Coates Solicitors have offices in Ipswich and Kesgrave, Suffolk. If you require information
and advice regarding Lasting Powers of Attorney, Probate or Wills please contact
us on 01473 695400 or e-