More details of our online LPA Service

There are TWO types of Lasting Power of Attorney (‘LPA’)

1. Lasting Power of Attorney - Property & Financial Affairs (‘LPA-PA’)

This document allows you to appoint somebody to look after YOUR MONEY and related affairs.

It effectively replaces the old Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA).
 

2. Lasting Power of Attorney - Health & Welfare (‘LPA-HW’)

This document allows you to appoint somebody to look after YOU and your personal welfare and healthcare.

It effectively replaces what was commonly known as the 'Living Will'.

With our service you can make either or both.

How much does it cost?

Our questionnaire allows you to either make an LPA as ‘one person’ or you can each make your LPAs together at the same time in a ‘single pass’ through the questionnaire as ‘two people’.

We also offer a discount of £10+VAT for multiple-product purchases, so if you buy as a package the prices are:

How do I make an LPA-PA and/or an LPA-HW?

We take all of the pain out of the process of drafting an LPA-PA and/or an LPA-HW, condensing it into a few simple questions for you to answer and then creating your document(s) for you based on your answers.

• Once you've completed the online questionnaire (which can take as little as 3 minutes), you're given the option to purchase the LPA-PA (and, if you’ve drafted one, the LPA-HW - or just one or the other).
• You then download and print the document(s) and get them signed (by you, your Attorney(s), and your ‘Certificate provider’). We provide you with very detailed and customised instructions for doing this step.
• An LPA cannot be used until it has been registered at the Office of the Public Guardian (the 'OPG').
  • There is a fee to pay to the OPG (not to us) for this of £92 per LPA-PA or LPA-HW
  • If you are on low income or benefits or in some similar situation, you may be able to apply for a 50% or even 100% reduction of this fee. See here for further details.
• Registering the LPA(s) is your responsibility and can be done at any time between the LPA being made and the moment that it is required to be used. Therefore the registration fee is not a cost you need to incur straight away - indeed if the LPA is never required to be used then it need never be incurred at all.

So how do I actually start?

This depends on whether or not you've already used our service:

1. If you've already made a Will at our site, login and select the ‘Make a Lasting Power of Attorney - Property and Financial Affairs’ option.
2. If you haven't used our site before, you have 2 options:
   1. If you want to make a Will and an LPA (either an LPA-PA or an LPA-HW), start here
   2. If you want to make just an LPA (either an LPA-PA or an LPA-HW), start here.

What if I only want to make an LPA-HW?

If you just want an LPA-HW and not an LPA-PA:-

1. Take either option (1) or option (2) above as appropriate and draft both an LPA-PA and an LPA-HW.
2. When you get to the point of purchase, de-select the LPA-PA - this will allow you to purchase the LPA-HW only.

If you want to read about Lasting Powers of Attorney in more detail, please download our ‘Why Make an LPA?’ document and our ‘The LPA-PA and The LPA-HW’ document.

What about the Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA)?

You can no longer make (or amend an existing)(an) Enduring Power of Attorney.

However, if you made one before October 2007 and it was correctly signed and witnessed then it is still perfectly legal and valid. You will find a detailed description of the differences between an EPA and an LPA here.