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Lasting Power of Attorney

Transcript:

Hello!

We are probably all familiar with two forms of power of attorney, namely, (in Italiano non è necessario tradurre “namely”. Basta mettere due punti ” : “ ) a general power of attorney (procura generale) or a specific power of attorney (procura speciale), but there is also a third form called a lasting power of attorney (UK), or a durable power of attorney (USA).

A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets you – the donor – appoint one or more people – known as ‘attorneys’ (procuratori) – to help you either make decisions or to make decisions on your behalf (per conto tuo). These attorneys may make decisions for you jointly (congiuntamente) or severally (disgiuntamente) depending on the power you grant (concedere).

An LPA gives you more control over what happens to you if you have an accident or an illness (malattia) and lack mental capacity.

There are 2 types of LPA and you can decide to grant just one, or to grant both.

The first type is a:

Property and financial affairs lasting power of attorney

You should use this LPA to give an attorney the power to make decisions about money and property for you, for example:

• managing a bank account
• paying bills
• collecting a pension
• Or selling your home

Note that this type of LPA can be used as soon as it’s registered, with your permission, or as soon as you lack mental capacity.

The second type of LPA is a:

Health and welfare lasting power of attorney

You should use this LPA to give an attorney the power to make decisions about things like:

• your daily routine, for example washing, dressing, eating
• medical care
• moving you into a care home
• Or life-sustaining treatment (trattamento salvavita)

Note that this type of LPA can only be used when you’re unable to make your own decisions.

Once created, an LPA needs to be registered, and can later be changed or ended, as long as you have mental capacity when you do so.

Thank you very much, and see you next time for more Peter’s Pills to improve your legal English.

See how to create your own property and financial affairs lasting power of attorney here: “Lasting Power of Attorney: Financial decisions” (.PDF)
See how to create your own health and welfare lasting power of attorney here: “Lasting Power of Attorney: Health and care decisions” (.PDF)

Legal English – Sommario delle Lezioni

• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 59 – Appurtenent vs In gross
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 58 – Building societies and Banks
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 57 – Valid, void and voidable contracts
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 56 – Rescission
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 55 – Golden expressions
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 54 – Pre-emption right vs Right of first refusal
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 53 – What do we mean by “agent” of a company?
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 52 – Voting at a meeting
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 51 – Contracts vs Deeds
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 50 – Executive and Non-Executive Directors
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 49 – Transfer of shares vs transmission of shares
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 48 – They, them, their for singular nouns
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 47 – Jointly and severally
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 46 – Invoice words
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 45 – Quotation
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 44 – Gazumping and Gazundering
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 43 – English words that the English do not understand
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 42 – Easement vs Profit à prendre
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 41 -er, -or and -ee names
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 40 – The Objects Clause
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 39 – When is Latin hot, and when is it not?
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 38 – Default
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 37 – Company Agent
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 36 – Injunction (false freind)
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 35 – Mortgage
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 34 – Freehold, Leasehold and Commonhold estates
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 33 – Transferor, Transferee and Transmittee
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 32 – Tax evasion, tax mitigation and tax avoidance
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 31 – Numbers
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 30 – Ordinary resolutions vs special resolutions
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 29 – AGM vs EGM
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 28 – A going concern
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 27 – Collocations: Violate, breach, break, disobey and infringe
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 26 – Company meeting words
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 25 – Mortgagor vs Mortgagee
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 24 – Fixed charges vs Floating charges
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 23 – Doctrine
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 22 – Construe
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 21 – Sign vs Execute
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 20 – The closing statement
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 19 – Writing Business Emails
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 18 – Limited companies
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 17 – Annual Accounts
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 16 – Meetings
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 15 – Attorney-at-law vs Attorney-in-fact
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 14 – Here and there compounds
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 13 – Subject Matter
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 12 – The clear days rule
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 11 – Shareholder, Member or Holder of shares?
• Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 10 – Competition Law

Peter Liebenberg

Peter Liebenberg è uno specialista nella formazione delle persone nella conoscenza della lingua inglese. Ha creato molti corsi nel campo dell’inglese per professionisti, tra cui English for banking, English for business e English for Insurance, ma ha sempre avuto un debole per l’inglese legale. Altri corsi che ha creato comprendono Phrasal Verbs I e II. Quando Peter non fa formazione, corre a Parco Sempione, crea arte nel suo studio sulla Martesana e fa volontariato.