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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…
Guidance for NHS regarding disclosure to individuals holding either a Lasting Power of Attorney or a deputyship.
Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13.
Apply to act for someone in court - litigation friends for children and people who cannot act for themselves because they lack the mental capacity
Acting as an attorney - duties, including registering a lasting power, starting to act, gifting, handling disputes and replacement attorney responsibilities.
Official samples of different versions of registered lasting powers of attorney and an explanation of what makes them valid.
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
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
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