An Alzheimer’s diagnosis can be a good time to think about who you would trust to help manage your affairs in the future. A Lasting Power of Attorney allows you to choose who can make decisions about your finances, care and welfare if you are no longer able to do so yourself.

A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s can make planning for the future especially important, including making or reviewing a Will while the person has the necessary mental capacity. Early legal planning can help ensure their wishes are recorded and provide greater certainty for them and their loved ones.

If you're looking into how to protect your money and property for the future, a property and financial affairs lasting power of attorney is one of the most useful legal documents you can put in place.

A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets you choose someone you trust to make decisions on your behalf if you're ever unable to make them yourself. Once you've signed your LPA, though, there's one more important step before it can be used: registration.

A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets you choose someone you trust to make decisions on your behalf if you're ever unable to make them yourself. This might be because of an accident, an illness or because you lose mental capacity later in life.

A lasting power of attorney (LPA) for health and welfare lets you choose someone you trust to make decisions about your care and medical treatment if you're ever unable to make them yourself. It's one of two types of lasting power of attorney available in England and Wales and it covers a different set of decisions to its counterpart, the property and financial affairs LPA.

If you're planning ahead for the future, you will have come across several types of power of attorney and wondered how they differ. The main difference between a power of attorney and a lasting power of attorney comes down to when each one can be used and how long it stays valid.

For millions of couples in England and Wales, living together without marrying has become a normal part of family life. Under current law, unmarried couples have very limited legal rights if their relationship ends, and those protections are even weaker if their partner dies.