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• Updated: 8 October 2024

Acting as an attorney - duties, including registering a lasting power, starting to act, gifting, handling disputes and replacement attorney responsibilities.

• Overview

  You can make decisions on someone’s behalf if they appoint you using a…

• Property and financial affairs attorneys

  As a property and financial affairs attorney, you make (or help the donor…

• Health and welfare attorneys

  As a health and welfare attorney, you make (or help the donor make)…

• Using your lasting power of attorney

  The lasting power of attorney (LPA) must be registered before you can…

• Records and expenses

  Keep a record of: important decisions you make and when, for example…

• Checks and visits

  The Office of the Public Guardian and Court of Protection can check your…

• Changes you need to report

  You must tell the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) if: you or the donor…

• Stop acting as an attorney

  The lasting power of attorney (LPA) ends when the donor dies. You must…

• Updated: 13 September 2021

• Updated: 23 April 2020

How to provide evidence that you're a family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein or a person of Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 2 August 2024

Rachel Reeves calls for business-like relationship with the EU to drive more trade, support businesses and boost economic growth that benefits working people.

• Updated: 9 December 2024

This report outlines findings from secondary analysis of a dataset from interviews with individuals who were in long-term relationships.

• Updated: 29 July 2010

Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.

• Updated: 26 May 2021

The widened entitlement accommodation policy launched on 31 October and ran until 11 March 2024.

• Updated: 10 November 2023