The Junior Justice Minister, Bridget Prentice, on the BBC’s Today radio programme said that increasing life expectancy means that every person in Britain should have an LPA in place ready to be used when necessary.
There are two types of LPAs, one that relates to Property and Affairs and the other that relates to Health & Welfare. They ensure that YOU decide WHOM you want to act on your behalf in relation to those types of issues when you are unable to make those decisions yourself.
They cannot be used until they have been registered with the Office of the Public Guardian and that will take at least 6 weeks once submitted.
We are seeing more and more cases where it is either too late to make an LPA or there is an urgent need for it and so the delay in getting it drafted and registered creates a lot of stress and worry for all parties involved.
The simple answer is not to delay …. if you require further information please contact Elizabeth Power (e-mail: elizabeth.power@parissmith.co.uk; or telephone 023 8048 2206)