Topic moved to Legal from DAK (chas49)
Deleiberatelya skingb here for a possibly broader range of answers, but I will also X-post in legals...
My mum has some decade old EPA "or something similar". it was done with a solicitor in Kent a decade ago that is no longer practising, and she now lives 140 miles away anyway.
She is fully with capacity, but is forward planning etc. She isn't sure what this historical EPA covers (finance and/or health or whatever) so feels it is probably worthwhile getting legal advice. I am led to believe that LPAs now "out trump" EPAs etc so she feels that maybe rather than get the EPA understood she could instead just get LPAs done (with me and my brother being the nominees or whatever the term is).
Ive asked locally for recommendation for local solicitors but drawn a blank. I would imagine most solicitors will provide such a service but I've also been pointed at this
"You can do them yourself ... download from internet. Fairly simple and straightforward:
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview".
So my thoughts are
* just asking a solicitor is basically providing an open cheque. We have no idea whether whatever they suggest really is needed, or is just an excuse to create business for them"
* we could ask the three firms of solicitors in town for a quote, but the cheapest isn't necessarily what is really needed.
* If it really is as simple as doing it ourselves, what are the pros and cons?
The above is not intended to be a slight on solicitors in general. They just exist in the same world as mechanics and dentists and I/we have no way to tell whether their advice is really needed or a revenue raiser.
didds