Lasting Power of Attorneys LPA Caversham Reading

Don’t risk producing or registering LPAs yourself

Don’t risk producing or registering a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) document yourself. LPAs have to signed, witnessed and dated in very specific prescribed ways. LPAs completed by non-experts are often rejected resulting in the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) registration fees having to be repaid.

According to Which? more than 50,000 lasting power of attorney (LPA) applications were rejected by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) in 2023-2024 due to errors.

Make a free LPA advice consultation to prepare your LPAs

Call on 0118 948 4381 or click here to make a free appointment with Templar Estate Planning in Caversham Reading (our office is in Church house on the Waitrose mini-roundabout) to discuss your exact LPA needs and for us to explain everything to you regarding LPAs. Our Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) specialist will then expertly draft your Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) documents for you and include any required specific instruction or preference clauses within you LPA documents. (You have to be very careful when adding instruction of preference clauses to LPAs so that you don’t invalidate or cause problems for your attorneys when they need to use your registered Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) documents.

Whilst we have an office in the centre of Caversham where most clients come to see us to prepare their LPAs in Caversham, we do offer free home and out of hours consultations at client homes, places of work, hospitals or wherever is convenient. We are happy to come to you in Caversham and the surrounding areas of Reading, such as Henley, Woodley or Tilehurst, to help you prepare, draft and register you LPAs. Many of our Caversham based clients find this a very useful service.

Why do you need Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)  documents?

If in the future you become unable to deal with your own affairs, due a short or long term in capacity, possibly caused by age, head trauma, or illness (such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease or Motor Neurone Disease/MND), it is important that you already have L:asting Power of Attorney documents (LPAs) in place and registered.

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This is because you have to have mental capacity to set up a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) so it will be too late if you are deemed to have lost mental capacity. Also it can take 3 or 4 months to register a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) with the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) so you would not be able to cover a short term incapacity if you have yet to draft or register a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) document.

It is very important that, if the need for a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) was to arise, you have appointed someone you can trust to act as your Attorney (representative). You can have multiple attorneys and reserve attorneys on your LPAs who will have the legal authority to act on your behalf and ensure that your wishes and needs are fulfilled. Call or visit in Caversham for LPA set up advice and we will advise and help you decide who to appoint as frontline attorneys and who to appoint as reserve attorneys on your LPAs. We can also specify on your LPA applications who the reserve LPA attorneys replace and how and when they can act on your LPAs.

A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a document that ensures your financial and/or health affairs are dealt with by a trusted person (or persons) in the event that you are unable to make important decisions due to lack of mental capacity (or non-mental incapacity situations on financial and property LPAs).  Appointing someone you know and  trust to make the best decisions for you will give you peace of mind.

If you live in Caversham Reading or nearby, take advantage of our free LPA and estate planning consultations – call or book here to make an appointment.

There are two types of Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) LPAs:

Property and Financial Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)

An appointed attorney can make decisions and take action on your behalf in respect of your property and financial matters so that your finances can be dealt with when you cannot. This could include accessing money, paying bills, buying food or clothing, collecting or claiming benefits or pensions, dealing with HMRC and selling your property. When registering this can be set to be active straight away so it can be used (with your consent) whilst you have mental capacity to cover short term incapacities such as sickness, accidents, travel or military service. Alternatively it can be set to only be used when you have lost mental capacity but that is less flexible. If you come for a consultation regarding setting up Lasting Power of Attorney (LPAs) with us in our Caversham office, we will advise on the pros and cons of the different options.

Health and Welfare (Care) Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)

This can only be used once you are deemed to have lost mental capacity because, until that point, you have the right to determine what is best for you, even if no one else agrees. This can cover things such as where you should live, if you need care – how it will be received, once receiving care your daily routine such as dressing, clothing, feeding, washing, religious or dietary requirements, exercise, medical treatment you will or won’t receive and, if you wish, giving or refusing consent to the continuation of life sustaining treatment or artificial feeding.

You should plan ahead and set up Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) documents whilst you are able to and have mental capacity. If you are in Caversham or the surrounding areas of Reading, make an appointment for a LPA advice consultation on Lasting Power of Attorney (LPAs) in Caversham. If you lose capacity and have not made a LPA, you may need to apply to the Court of Protection for Deputyship, for your appointed Deputy to act on your behalf. We can help you with such applications but they are more expensive in cost than setting up LPAs, time consuming in the application, less flexible, come with subsequent running costs and are often stressful for family members.

If you are looking to find an advisor or expert to set up Lasting Power of Attorney (LPAs) for you, please call us on 0118 948 4381 or send us a message. We would be delighted to help. If you can come to our office in Caversham, many people like to come in to have a chat and receive a free LPA advice consultation in Caversham. Alternatively, if you are not too far from Caversham or Reading, such as Henley, Woodley or Tilehurst, we can come to you for a free home appointment. If you are not local to Caversham or Reading but want advice or Lasting Power of Attorney (LPAs) drafted and registered by an expert, we can do remotely by telephone, video call (such as Zoom, Teams or Google Meets), email and post. We have many satisfied clients around the country and the world: please see our Trustpilot reviews and Google reviews.

You might like to read this key features document on problems where you might need Lasting Power of Attorney (LPAs) and this document about Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) solutions we can provide in Caversham, Reading or in any location.