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your behalf when/if you lose mental capacity. There are two types of power of attorney ‘property and affairs‘ and ‘health and welfare‘ It is strongly advisable, no matter your age, that everyone puts in place a Lasting Power of Attorney to someone you trust, so they can act on your behalf when you’re no longer able to make decisions at the time they need to be made. People can lose mental capacity at any age during their lifetime although, this is most common when a person is suffering from one of the many forms of dementia but, can also happen in younger people if, for example, they
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annual supervision fee ranging from £35 up to £320, dependent upon the level of supervision required. This is significantly more than the fee for registering a Lasting Power of Attorney which is currently £82 per document accompanied by your Solicitor’s fee. The consequences of not making a Lasting Power of Attorney are not worth leaving to chance. Essentially, you have no power over who is given the authority to deal with your affairs if you are unable to do so and, there is no guarantee that a deputyship application will even be accepted by the court. They may
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