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Families have had to foot an estimated £5 million bill for failing to properly file the correct lasting power of attorney paperwork, according to new data. A total of 133,760 lasting power of attorney ...

More than 50,000 lasting power of attorney (LPA) applications were rejected in 2023/24, according to a freedom of information request. Data from the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) obtained by the ...

A Lasting (LPA) is a legal document that lets you appoint trusted individuals to make decisions for you if you lose mental capacity ...