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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...
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
Use this form to submit an expert opinion about someone's mental capacity as part of an application to make decisions for them.
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
The Help is at Hand booklet provides information, support and guidance for those affected by suicide.
Search reports on business payment practices: when invoices are paid, payment terms and practices
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.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
Complain about a bankrupt person or someone with bankruptcy or debt relief restrictions who is not acting honestly or is acting as a company director
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Use Form COP1B to describe the personal welfare decisions you need to make for someone when you're applying for a Court of Protection order.
Find what you or your business may need before you hire someone to act directly or indirectly on your behalf.
Use Form COP1D to give supporting information for your application to appoint or discharge a trustee as part of a Court of Protection order.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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