Kent Solicitors

To create a valid LPA, at least one certificate provider must confirm that the donor has not been subject to undue influence or fraud. The certificate provider can be a person who has known the donor personally for two years or a professional person who falls within the following categories: a registered healthcare professional eg a GP, a registered social worker, an independent mental capacity advocate, others who self certify that they possess the relevant skills or a provider of reserved legal services ie barristers, solicitors or advocates called or admitted in the UK.

Who cannot provide a certificate? A member of the donors family, an attorney appointed by the donor in the LPA or an existing EPA, an owner director manager or employee of a care home where the donor lives, an employee of the trust corporation appointed as an attorney or a business partner or paid employee of the donor or attorney.

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