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Are you looking for a trusted source of all things local to Milton Keynes, Stony Stratford, Wolverton and surrounds? You'll find it in Essentially Local magazine, which is loved, kept and used by local readers. It's delivered through the doors of over 12,500 homes and businesses from Towcester to Milton Keynes and copies can be picked up from various places around the area. Take time to go through the comprehensive directory of local businesses and become one of the growing numbers of people who keep their business Essentially Local. Read the useful and interesting information and find out about places to go to. This magazine offers small to medium-sized businesses cost-effective advertising options to ensure they stand out from the crowd. Join the community and keep your business essentially local.
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Professional<br />
Wills are important but don’t forget<br />
about Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA)<br />
Jennifer Duckett, Private Client Solicitor at Neves<br />
Solicitors, explains<br />
Discussions regarding future-proofing or protecting<br />
your partner’s or family’s financial security often focus<br />
on Wills. Wills are certainly important but have you also<br />
considered what would happen if you or your partner<br />
lost mental capacity?<br />
If you lose your ability to manage your own financial<br />
or personal affairs, there is no automatic right for your<br />
partner, husband or wife, or any other family members<br />
to access your money and manage your affairs for you.<br />
A LPA is a legal document that lets you appoint one or<br />
more people to help you make decisions or to make<br />
decisions on your behalf. This allows you to appoint<br />
those you most trust to help handle your affairs and<br />
gives you more control over what happens to you if you<br />
have an accident or an illness and can’t make your own<br />
decisions.<br />
At your side.<br />
If there is no LPA in place when mental capacity is lost<br />
then a family member, friend or solicitor will have to<br />
apply to the Court of Protection to be appointed as your<br />
Deputy. This can be an extremely time-consuming and<br />
expensive process, in which you are unlikely to have<br />
any say as to who is controlling your affairs and during<br />
which time no action can be taken to deal with them.<br />
There are two types of LPA. A LPA for Property and<br />
Financial Affairs gives the legal authority for your loved<br />
ones to manage your assets on your behalf, for your<br />
benefit, and a LPA for Health and Welfare enables your<br />
loved ones to make decisions as to your care and<br />
medical treatment in situations where you are unable to<br />
do so.<br />
LPAs are powerful documents and can provide you with<br />
peace of mind but there is a risk of the attorney abusing<br />
their position if they have been appointed without<br />
due consideration or made aware of the rules they are<br />
governed by. To help avoid issues, we would always<br />
suggest independent legal advice is obtained when<br />
considering putting LPAs in place.<br />
Contact Jennifer on 01908 304560 and quote<br />
'Essentially Local <strong>Magazine</strong>' for a 10% discount off<br />
our fees for setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney.<br />
Neves Solicitors<br />
01908 304560<br />
info@ nevesllp.co.uk<br />
Aurora House, Deltic Avenue, Rooksley<br />
Milton Keynes MK13 8LW<br />
neves.solicitors<br />
nevesllp.co.uk<br />
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