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Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
Acting as an attorney - duties, including registering a lasting power, starting to act, gifting, handling disputes and replacement attorney responsibilities.
You can make decisions on someone’s behalf if they appoint you using a…
As a property and financial affairs attorney, you make (or help the donor…
As a health and welfare attorney, you make (or help the donor make)…
The lasting power of attorney (LPA) must be registered before you can…
Keep a record of: important decisions you make and when, for example…
The Office of the Public Guardian and Court of Protection can check your…
You must tell the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) if: you or the donor…
The lasting power of attorney (LPA) ends when the donor dies. You must…
Fees, expenses, contractual terms and administrative procedures for panel counsel, clerks and their chambers.
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
Giving people permission to make decisions about your money and property - how to use, register or cancel an enduring power of attorney
Advice on writing clear notices and maximising replies to your FSNs.
How to ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
New Small Business Council meets for first time to discuss access to finance and removing barriers to growth
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for financial decisions.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) and good distribution practice (GDP), and prepare for an inspection.
Care Case Fee Scheme (CCFS), KC/2 Counsel Events, and detailed case plans to use when a legal-aid-funded family case becomes high cost.
Resources for business.
Find out about the Industry Security Assurance Centre (ISAC) and its associated responsibilities.
Move increases global activity to weaken vulnerable sectors of Russian economy.
Fourteen business leaders, from a range of sectors across the UK economy, join the Prime Minister’s new Business Council
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
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