FAQS

A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that allows you to appoint one or more people, called attorneys, to help you make decisions or make decisions on your behalf during your lifetime.

A Will, on the other hand, is a legal document that outlines how you want your assets, property, and finances to be distributed after your death.

There are two types of LPA

If you need access to someone’s finances, for example to pay for care fees, an application will need to be made to the Court of Protection for an order appointing a deputy to manage their Property and Financial Affairs.

A legal document that grants authority to the named executors in a deceased person’s will to administer their estate. Their responsibilities include gathering the deceased’s assets, paying any debts and taxes, and distributing the remaining assets to the named beneficiaries mentioned in the Will.

If you are collecting your own Will or Power of Attorney

• One photographic (eg driving licence or passport)
• One address (eg bank statement or council tax bill)

If you are collecting a Will of someone who is passed and you are the sole Executor, we will need 2 forms of the above ID and the death certificate. If you are not the only Executor, we will need ID from all Executors and the death certificate.

Letters of Administration are applied for when the deceased has no valid Will in place at the time of their death.

It is the legal transfer of a title in a property or piece of land.

See our list of indicative fees in the Transparency section of the website.

When your property is on the market to sell, or before making an offer to purchase.

Unfortunately, there is no concise answer this, it all depends on the specific circumstances of the transaction.

Once contracts are exchanged, neither party can pull out of the transaction. Completion date, however, is that date that you can move into the property.

An inquest is to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding someone’s death.

An Article 2 Inquest means that the state, so for example, the NHS or Police have to carry out an ‘enhanced investigation’ into the death of an individual. Whereas a ‘traditional’, non-Article 2 inquest will look at when, where, and how a person died, an Article 2 Inquest also looks at the wider circumstances surrounding a person’s death.

A coroner is a public official responsible for investigating and determining the cause, circumstances, and manner of certain deaths that occur within their jurisdiction.

We advise and represent clients who are detained or have been detained under the Mental Health Act.

We can assist with most issues which fall within the scope of the Mental Health Act, take a look at our Mental Health page for more information.

Yes, in most cases.