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Using a registered lasting power of attorney (LPA) - attorney duties, starting to act, gifting, ending, revoking an attorney.

• Overview

  You can make decisions on someone’s behalf if they appoint you using a…

• Property and financial affairs attorneys

  As a property and financial affairs attorney, you make (or help the donor…

• Health and welfare attorneys

  As a health and welfare attorney, you make (or help the donor make)…

• Use a lasting power of attorney

  If you’re an attorney or the donor on an LPA, you can use this service to:…

• Prove you're an attorney on a lasting power of attorney

  Any company or organisation you deal with on behalf of the donor can ask…

• Attorney records and duties

  Keep a record of: important decisions you make and when you make them, for…

• Changes you need to report

  You must tell the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) if: you or the donor…

• When a lasting power of attorney ends

  A lasting power of attorney (LPA) can end in several ways. Usually it ends…

Detailed guides for people making property and finance or health and welfare decisions under a lasting power of attorney.

• Updated: 16 June 2020

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) provides legal advice and support to the Law Officers who give legal advice to government and perform other duties in the public interest, AGO is a ministerial department, supported by 4 agencies and public bodies...

• Updated: 15 August 2024

Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney

How to make a lasting power of attorney (LPA): starting an application online, choosing an attorney, certifying a copy, changing an LPA.

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.

• Updated: 14 January 2015

You should get legal advice before applying for intellectual property. Your chances of obtaining intellectual property are much greater if you use an attorney.

• Updated: 26 November 2025

Find out about the information we have on our registers and how to ask us for it

• Updated: 14 June 2022

Guidance for NHS regarding disclosure to individuals holding either a Lasting Power of Attorney or a deputyship.

• Updated: 10 November 2021

Fees, expenses, contractual terms and administrative procedures for panel counsel, clerks and their chambers.

• Updated: 21 February 2025