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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…
Change your protocol, update your authorisation, report safety issues, submit safety updates and complete your end-of-trial study report.
How to use an interrupted time series to evaluate your digital health product.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
Submissions related to human medicines need to be submitted directly to the MHRA.
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
The Planning Inspectorate appeals casework portal - Terms and Conditions
How to pay Inheritance Tax: get a reference number, payment methods, use the deceased's bank account, National Savings and Investments, government stock, yearly instalments.
Sets out the process for efficient and inclusive consultation of planning applications
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