Enduring power of Attorney EPA

An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) allows you to retain control over your own affairs whilst you are able to do so but confers powers, which can be general or restricted to an attorney, individual or joint, of your won choice to run your affairs in the event that you loose the mental capacity to act on your own affairs.

In order to qualify as an enduring power of attorney, the following requirements need to be met:

• it has been established whilst the individual has full mental capacity;
• the individual is aged 18 or over and is not bankrupt;
• it satisfies the conditions of the Enduring Power of Attorneys act 1985, e.g. it uses proscribed documentation;
• the attorney must register the enduring power of attorney with the court of protection when they believe the individual has lost, or is starting to lose, their mental capacity.

We have links with various solicitors and will practitioners allowing us to refer you to the most appropriate professional to meet your needs.