Legal Services
- Location: Age UK
- Price: Costs may vary
Will Writing: Single Person: £90 Couple: £150 Power Of Attorney: Single Person Couple Property and Finance £155.00 Property and Finance £210.00 Health and Welfare £155.00 Health and Welfare £210.00 £285.00 for both forms £385.00 both forms Court fees may apply Court fees may apply
Please note, this service is not available outside Age UK Gateshead - Head Office's catchment area.
Email: advice@ageukgateshead.org.uk
Telephone: 01914773559
Will Writing
Here at Age UK Gateshead, we have locally based solicitors who offer their time to us once a month which enables us to offer a will writing service.
In return for helping to draft a simple will (where everything will just go to the next generation/ friends or business, but doesn't involve trusts etc.), we ask for a payment to Age UK Gateshead of £90 for a single will or £150 for a double (husband and wife or parent and son/daughter) please note a 40% deposit will be taken when booking the appointment.
The initial appointment will be at our office, with signing of the will once ready at the relevant local solicitor's office. Both of the solicitors we use are based in central Gateshead.
If you don’t make a will, there are laws which will decide who is entitled to inherit your money and property, but this may not be who you would have wanted to inherit. You should keep your will up to date if your family changes, particularly if you divorce or marry or have children. See our guide 'Making your will' for more information.
Power Of Attorney
A lasting power of attorney is a legal document that let's you choose someone you trust to help you make decisions or make decisions on your behalf.
There are two types of LPA:
•LPA for health and care decisions: use this LPA to give an attorney the power to make decisions such as:
1. Daily routine, for example washing, dressing or eating.
2. Medical care.
3. Moving into a care home.
4. Life sustaining treatment
• LPA for financial decisions: use this LPA to give an attorney the power to make decisions such as:
1. Managing a bank or building society account.
2. Paying bills.
3.Collecting benefits or a pension.
4. Selling your home.