Indicative solicitor costs - a poa query
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I think most people do it themselves on the link below, it's pretty straight forward.
You do most of it on-line but you have to print of some of the pages, sign them and post them off. A Beate says your local AZ society, AGEUK or citizens advise may help.
Solicitors cost vary pretty wildly so it's a hard question to answer, some are a right rip off compared to others.
K
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview
You do most of it on-line but you have to print of some of the pages, sign them and post them off. A Beate says your local AZ society, AGEUK or citizens advise may help.
Solicitors cost vary pretty wildly so it's a hard question to answer, some are a right rip off compared to others.
K
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview
We were charged £600 seven years ago for POA for both of us plus new wills. However other parts of the U.K.can be more expensive. If you do it online make sure you register it straight away. Get the one for finance and also health and welfare.
I did my mum's by filing in the downloadable forms and getting them signed by appropriate people and sent off.
Not so easy in Scotland, where Marionq and Cherryade are. The Scottish lawyers have been crafty, there are no downloadable forms, and from what I found on a google it is stonrly pointed to go to a Solicitor although Katrine did direct me as to how to do it oneself. The whole document has to be drawn up. Having said that the solicitor my MIL uses produced what I considered a defective version the first time round, and we had a battle to get her to add replacement attorneys, but that is another story.
Not so easy in Scotland, where Marionq and Cherryade are. The Scottish lawyers have been crafty, there are no downloadable forms, and from what I found on a google it is stonrly pointed to go to a Solicitor although Katrine did direct me as to how to do it oneself. The whole document has to be drawn up. Having said that the solicitor my MIL uses produced what I considered a defective version the first time round, and we had a battle to get her to add replacement attorneys, but that is another story.
It cost me close to 2000 euro in Ireland. I have sole POA. I need to contact solicitor again and sort out a will which will ensure continuous care if I died before OH.
Putting that off at the moment to sort out my head space.
Aisling xx
Just over a year ago it cost, just shy of £1000 to set up a POA via a solicitor. (We had to use a solicitor as we needed an independent person to validate that my Mum was not being persuaded against her will).
I just used a solicitor to register an EPA.Different from the new LPA. It was £264.75 for the solicitor to contact 7 relatives and to write to OPG and £110 to actually register it with OPG. If I had realised how simple it was I would have done it myself. It took 12 weeks from Contact to collecting the POA (today). OPG were quick. Solicitor was painfully slow! If you can, do it yourself. 
my parents were charged over £800 for 2 x Finance LPAs (joint and several for 3 attorneys) and 2 x mirror wills (they weren't straightforward wills). It turned out the solicitor did the wrong thing and we had to hire another firm to sort out their mistake which could have cost us many many thousands, and did cost us a lot which they refused to reimburse fully.
Despite my experiences, I'm thinking of getting a solicitor to draw up wills for us but will do our LPAs ourselves, now I know exactly what is required and we don't need to add anything in the joint and several bit. If you are unsure and need it to be totally unchallengable I would seek advice.
Despite my experiences, I'm thinking of getting a solicitor to draw up wills for us but will do our LPAs ourselves, now I know exactly what is required and we don't need to add anything in the joint and several bit. If you are unsure and need it to be totally unchallengable I would seek advice.
I have just got the forms and filled them in for my own POA and it will cost me just the fee which is £100 I think
I let my solicitor do the one for my wife and it cost hundreds .
The pack you get from the office of the public guardian is so thorough and helpful.
save the money!
In Scotland we do not have forms available to fill in for POA. That only is for England. Here the information and wording of the POAs are 'free formatted' by the solicitor. That is why it is so much more expensive in Scotland.
