Can a Lasting Power of Attorney be abused?
Frances Macdonald, Senior Associate at Tees, outlines key steps you can take—supported by your solicitor—to reduce the risk of abuse
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With the right professional advice, you can make your savings work harder, providing independent tailored advice. We can help you with the full range of ISAs including cash ISAs, Stocks and Shares ISAs, Junior ISAs (JISAs), Help-to-buy ISAs, Lifetime ISAs (LISAs) and other forms of tax-free investing. We also help with investing in tax-efficient vehicles such as venture capital trusts, enterprise investment schemes and the alternative investment market.
The sooner you start to plan for retirement, the better. We can help with the different types of pensions and schemes that exist, including personal pensions, stakeholder pensions, Small Self-Administered Pension Schemes (SSASs), SIPPs (Self-Invested Personal Pensions), workplace pensions and National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) schemes. We can also help you with advice on taking an early pension, annuities, pension drawdown and tax-free lumps sums, and later life lending including equity release. Our Pension Transfer Gold Standard accreditation gives you the confidence that you’re dealing with a firm that is going beyond the minimum requirements when giving financial advice.Â
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All legal services provided by Tees are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Tees is a trading name of Stanley Tee LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA Number 464615) and is registered in England and Wales number OC327874.
All financial services provided by Tees are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Tees and Tees Wealth are trading names of Tees Financial Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England and Wales number 4342506. Registered office address Tees House, 95 London Road, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3GW.
Copyright © 2025 Tees Law. All rights reserved.