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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
12 May 2021
I am an attorney – can I make gifts on behalf of a donor?
Subject to any restrictions or conditions in the Lasting Power of Attorney (“LPA”), a property and affairs attorney can make gifts on the donor’s behalf to the donor’s friends, family members or acquaintances on customary occasions.
30 April 2021
Going through a divorce? Don’t forget to update your Will!
Going through a divorce process is stressful. There are lots of things to think about and one of these is likely to be what you should do to protect your hard-earned money.
29 April 2021
I’m an attorney under a Lasting Power of Attorney – what happens next?
A donor must have the mental capacity to make a Lasting Power of Attorney (“LPA”) for property and affairs and health and care. The completed LPA is then sent to the Office of the Public Guardian (the “OPG”) for registration. Each page of the registered LPA will be stamped with ‘VALIDATED-OPG’.
16 April 2021
Business LPAs - How to safeguard against a future incapacitated partner, director or shareholder?
As a business owner/shareholder, what would happen to your business if you were unable to make decisions – would someone be able to authorise payments or enter into contracts and keep the business running?
16 March 2021
Lasting Powers of Attorneys for business and professional affairs
Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are vitally important documents. Our previous blogs have touched upon what LPAs are and top tips for anyone planning on putting an LPA in place. Most individuals should at least put in place a financial LPA to cover their home and personal finances. It is however a good idea in some cases to have a second financial LPA.