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As Winter approaches and the New Year will soon be upon us, now is the perfect time to review your Will and estate plan to ensure that your affairs are in order for 2025.
Many people think about making a Will so that their loved ones are provided for following their death, but quite often they don’t consider how they can ensure their affairs are managed ‘during’ their lives.
Many people think about making a Will, so that their loved ones are provided for following their death, but they do not consider how they can ensure their affairs are managed during their lives.
As a business owner, it’s more important than ever to have a solid continuity plan to ensure that your business will keep running smoothly if you were to become unable to make decisions.
A Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal document that lets you appoint a nominated person(s) to make decisions on your behalf. 
The Office of the Public Guardian has announced a scheme to allow applicants to claim part of their application fee back if they applied to register a power of attorney between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2017.
Did you know that there are two different types of Lasting Powers of Attorney?  If you do – “top of the class”; if you didn’t know, well, you’re excused because most people do not know about the Health & Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney.
Most people are concerned about who will make financial decisions for them but few people are concerned about their health care and personal welfare. Only a handful of clients chose to make a Health & Welfare lasting Power of Attorney.
So what is a Lasting Power of Attorney? It is a legal document prepared in writing which formally appoints someone else to legally act on your behalf in the event of you being unable to do so yourself.