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• Updated: 5 April 2022

Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling

• When you can make decisions for someone

  Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…

• How to make decisions

  As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…

• Checking mental capacity

  A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…

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…

What to do when you disagree with a tax decision (HMRC1) - appealing against a decision, getting a review by HMRC and reasonable excuses.

The Parole Board decides whether prisoners who are serving certain types of sentences can be released.

• Updated: 20 March 2019

How to become and act as a Court of Protection deputy - eligibility, responsibilities, how to apply, fees, supervision and when your deputyship ends.

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 7 June 2022

A DWP staff guide that explains DWP's financial compensation principles and processes.

• Updated: 3 November 2023

Find out more about the Challenging Assumption-Based Design guidance to help social researchers identify, challenge and re-frame assumption-based design.

• Updated: 7 November 2024

Apply to the tribunal about a rent increase decision, changes to a lease or a decision about a council house, park home or caravan, in England.