One named solicitor to guide your power of attorney.
A named solicitor helps you put a Lasting Power of Attorney in place properly, so the people you trust can act when needed.
A lasting power of attorney lets you choose, in advance, who will step in to make decisions on your behalf if illness or injury means you can no longer make them yourself. There are two types: one covers your property and finances, the other covers your health and care. Most people put both in place, because the two work together. Without them, your family cannot simply take over — they would need to apply to the Court of Protection, which is slower, more expensive, and takes the choice of who acts for you out of your hands.
We guide you through the decisions that matter: who to appoint, whether they should act jointly or separately, what instructions or preferences to include, and how to protect against disagreements later on. A named solicitor drafts the documents, witnesses them correctly, and registers them with the Office of the Public Guardian so they are ready to use the moment they are needed. Registration takes time, so putting this in place while you are well is the whole point.
It matters because the people who love you should be able to help you without fighting the system to do it. Getting this right now means your bills get paid, your home is looked after, and your medical wishes are respected by someone you trust — chosen by you, on your terms, and legally recognised from day one.
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What our customers say
My mother's estate had a house, four bank accounts nobody could find and two siblings who were not speaking. It was dealt with in seven months and I did almost none of it.
I was told what would happen, when it would happen, and then it happened in that order. After a year of everything else going wrong, that mattered more than I can say.
The inheritance tax position was not what I had assumed. They found two reliefs I had never heard of and explained both in language I could follow.
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Wills & estate planning
A will that says what you actually mean, drafted so it cannot be misread by the people who have to act on it.
Probate & estate administration
We take on the whole administration — the grant, the assets, the tax, the accounts and the distribution — so the executor does not have to.
Trusts & succession planning
Structures that pass wealth on to the next generation deliberately, rather than leaving it to the intestacy rules.
Inheritance tax planning
Reliefs, allowances and lifetime gifts assessed against your actual estate, with the arithmetic shown.
Contentious probate & will disputes
When a will is challenged or an executor is not doing their job, we act to resolve it — usually without a courtroom.
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