Lasting Power of Attorney

A Lasting Power of Attorney or LPA is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your wishes should you become unable to make financial or health decisions for yourself. But, all too often people fail to make an LPA because they are unsure about what it involves and why it is needed. Here […]

Farms have often been held within a family for generations and handed down when the owner dies. That would be the case where the ownership is straight-forward. That said, farms can also have quite complex structures set up to run them. Sometimes groups of individuals or businesses form a partnership, a limited liability partnership or […]

Setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) allows you to know that if you lose mental capacity, either temporarily or permanently, in the future your affairs will be taken care of. In an ideal world, the person (or persons) you appoint as your attorney would be a trusted family member or friend. That said, […]

How we look after older people requiring care is at the top of the national agenda at the moment, as the Government grapples with the care funding crisis. More people than ever before need care in their old age, with dementia a growing problem. According to the Alzheimer’s Society, there are now 850,000 people in […]

According to figures from Carers UK, around one in eight adults in the UK acts as a carer for a loved one. That’s a massive 6.5 million people in total, and that’s only set to continue to grow in the coming years. Every day a further 6,000 people take on caring responsibilities, with the total […]