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Use this form if you’re concerned about decisions made by an attorney, deputy or guardian on behalf of the person they are appointed for.

• Updated: 14 October 2025

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)…

• Start using a lasting power of attorney

  You must register the lasting power of attorney (LPA) before you can start…

• 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…

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

• Overview

  A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets you (the…

• Choose your attorney

  You can choose one or more people to be your attorney. If you appoint more…

• Make a lasting power of attorney

  You can make a lasting power of attorney (LPA) online or using paper…

• Register a lasting power of attorney

  When you’ve made your lasting power of attorney (LPA), you need to…

• Certify a copy of a lasting power of attorney

  You can confirm that a copy of your registered lasting power of attorney…

• Changes you need to report

  You (if you still have mental capacity) or one of your attorneys must tell…

• Removing an attorney

  You can ask the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to remove an attorney…

• End your lasting power of attorney

  You can end your lasting power of attorney (LPA) yourself - if you have…

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

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

Find out about making investments for someone who does not have mental capacity.

• Updated: 28 May 2019

• Updated: 21 August 2025

Apply to act for someone in court - litigation friends for children and people who cannot act for themselves because they lack the mental capacity

Recruitment process, rates of pay, overview of the panel, lists of members and guidance for barristers who work ‘off panel’.

• Updated: 9 October 2025

Official samples of different versions of registered lasting powers of attorney and an explanation of what makes them valid.

• Updated: 30 November 2017