power of attorney - is this right?

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fil has been diagnosed with dementia and thankfully had appointed power of attorney several years ago whilst he was still of sound mind.

he logged the relevent paperwork with his solicitor and things have now been put in place to allow his ds to manage his affairs.

BUT the solicitor is insisting that everything had to be run past him first and that his D's isnt allowed to make a decision without consulting the solicitor first.

this doesn't seem quite right? I would have thought that your appointed person was responsible enough and it worries me and dbil that the solicitor is simply going to run up huge bills if every decision has to approved by him.

so how should it work or have I got it completely wrong?

Hmm, the solicitor wouldn't normally be involved in the operation of the power of attorney.

There are two types, Enduring Power of Attorney and Lasting Power of Attorney and the procedures for the two are very different. The EPA was a very simple, short form and the LPA is frankly a massive palaver (I make a lot of them as I'm a will writer)

Even though the procedures are different, though, the principles of the two types are pretty much the same. It is only if the solicitor has been listed as an Attorney that he or she would be consulted in any way.

If you want to PM me with a copy of the PoA I'll have a look and give a more detailed answer.