Overcoming Challenges when Drafting LPAs

In this miniseries, you will learn how to draft LPAs that demonstrate real value to your clients. We will seek to overcome some of the common challenges that we face when advising clients about LPAs, so that our client will see us as their trusted advisor, recommend us and instruct us time and time again.

By the end of the sessions, you will be able to:

• Identify what instructions to take from clients to effectively draft their LPAs
• Apply the test of Mental Capacity to make LPAs
• Write instructions and preferences in an LPA, including some common clauses and challenges
• Demonstrate an understanding of Business LPAs and when they are needed
• Build an understanding of Health and Welfare decisions
• Interpret the differences between advanced decisions and a health and welfare LPA
• Understand how advanced decisions and health and welfare LPAs interact and which is best to use
• Identify what information and advice to give to attorneys
• Navigate the changes to LPAs under the Powers of Attorney Act 2023

Please note, the course fee is per person.

All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.

Please note, the course fee is per person.

All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.

Dates:

• Wednesday 2nd October
• Wednesday 9th October
• Wednesday 16th October
• Wednesday 23rd October
• Wednesday 30th October

Who Should Attend

All practitioners

Level

All levels