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Can Property and Financial Affairs LPA Attorneys Exercise a Donor’s Settlor-Reserved Powers? Limits, Trust Instrument Consistency and Court of Protection Guidance (England and Wales)

Published on: 21 February 2024

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Table of contents
  • Powers of an attorney
  • Limits of the attorney’s powers
  • The attorney exercising a donor’s power as settlor
Article summary

See the Q&A: Does a lasting power of attorney (LPA) allow the attorney to exercise settlor powers reserved to a donor who has lost capacity?

Powers of an attorney

The issue concerns a property and affairs lasting power of attorney under section 9(1)(b) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005). With this form of LPA, the attorney may make any decision or take any step the donor could have taken about their property and affairs.

Under section 9(4) MCA 2005, the authority given by an LPA is subject to:

  • the provisions of the MCA 2005, notably section 1 (the principles) and section 4 (the duty to act in the donor’s best interests); and
  • any conditions or restrictions specified in the instrument itself.

The donor may expressly narrow or expand the attorney’s powers...

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