A Lasting Power of Attorney (`LPA`) is a legal document to appoint someone you trust to act as your attorney to manage your affairs if you become unable to do so yourself.
There are two different types:
A Property & Financial Affairs LPA to assist you with managing your property and financial matters.
A Health & Welfare LPA to allow your attorney to make decisions on your behalf in respect of your health and care.
We can discuss your particular requirements and arrange to register the LPA with the Office of the Public Guardian.
Appointments* can be offered at our Tamworth office, or at home for your convenience.
*During the COVID-19 restrictions, we can prepare your lasting power of attorney remotely and discuss by telephone or video conference and arrange for your lasting power of attorney to be completed while respecting the social distancing guidelines
Tony Illsley
Rebecca Taylor
For more information, to arrange an appointment, or for a no-obligation telephone discussion please call: 01827 311411
Areas of specialism:
General powers of attorney
Lasting powers of attorney for finance & property
Lasting powers of attorney for health & welfare
Acting as certificate provider
Registration with the Office of the Public Guardian
Providing solicitor-certified copies of LPA
Registration of enduring powers of attorney
Court of
Protection
The Court
of Protection is a specialist court to help with decision making for people who
are unable to make decisions for themselves.
An
application to the Court of Protection maybe necessary to appoint a deputy to
act for you.
Our specialist
lawyers can provide advice on mental capacity issues and how to apply to the
Court of Protection. We assist deputies with their management duties and
obligations and complete annual accounts to the Public Guardian.
We can
obtain orders to allow a deputy to manage bank accounts and arrange for the
sale of property.
Partner and
solicitor Tony Illsley acts as a court-appointed deputy if there is no family
member or trusted friend to carry out this role.
For more information and to arrange an appointment, or for a no-obligation telephone discussion please call 01827 311411.
Areas of
specialism:
Advising potential deputies
Applying to the Court of Protection
Obtaining supporting medical
evidence of capacity
Obtaining deputyship orders
Online security bonding arrangements
Trusteeship orders
Annual accounts for Public Guardian
Statutory wills
Meet the Team
Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEx)
Rebecca Taylor
Support secretary
Melanie Pearson
Legal secretary
Maxine Witton
Private Client Paralegal
Michelle Green
Legal Secretary
Gemma Marshall
Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEx)
Rebecca Taylor
Rebecca joined Rutherfords in 2018, as part of the expansion of our Private Client Department.
Rebecca has a wealth of experience working in Wills & Probate for over 11 years and qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2015.
Rebecca deals with all aspects of Private Client work such as Wills and Powers of Attorney but specialises in Administration of Estates (including farming estates and BPR/APR tax relief), Inheritance tax planning, Probate (including Grants of Probate, full administration and letters of administration) as well as deeds of variation and trusts.
Rebecca also has extensive experience in dealing with transfers of property to beneficiaries and trustees.
Support secretary
Melanie Pearson
Melanie is a legal secretary with over 25 years experience and works as a support secretary for Michelle Green in the Private Client Department
Legal secretary
Maxine Witton
Maxine is an experienced private client legal secretary who joined the firm in 2021.
Maxine provides support to partner Tony Illsley in the probate department.
Private Client Paralegal
Michelle Green
MIchelle has recently joined the Private Client Team at Rutherfords LLP as an experienced Paralegal dealing with wills and lasting powers of attorney for finance & property and health & welfare.
Legal Secretary
Gemma Marshall
Gemma is an experienced legal secretary who has joined the Private Client Team at Rutherfords LLP.
Gemma provides secretarial support to probate lawyer Rebecca Taylor.
