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Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications
Check someone's immigration status, and that they can access services like the NHS and benefits in the UK
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…
As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…
A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…
Who can confirm someone’s identity online for a passport application and what they need to do
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
How to become and act as a Court of Protection deputy - eligibility, responsibilities, how to apply, fees, supervision and when your deputyship ends.
You should read this booklet if you rent (or are thinking of renting) in a property where the landlord also lives.
Apply to become an appointee for someone claiming benefits - how to apply, stop being an appointee
Apply to search the Office of the Public Guardian registers to see if they have a Lasting Power of Attorney, deputy or guardian acting on their behalf
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
What you need to tell DVLA and how to deal with vehicle tax if someone who was a driver has died
Use this form to submit an expert opinion about someone's mental capacity as part of an application to make decisions for them.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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