People to notify explained
Section 6 of the form: who you can name, what they receive, and whether to name anyone.
Forms, wording and signing
Almost every rejected LPA fails on the same handful of points: wrong signing order, an ineligible witness, or wording the Office of the Public Guardian will not accept.
Main pages on this topic
- The LPA forms explained
LP1F, LP1H and LP3 — what each section asks and where people go wrong.
- Make an LPA online
The whole journey end to end: questions, documents, signing and registration.
Every page in this topic (8)
LP1F explained: the financial LPA form, section by section
A section-by-section walkthrough of the financial LPA form.
LP1H explained: the health and welfare LPA form
The health form, and the life-sustaining treatment decision at the heart of it.
LPA signing order: who signs first
The one sequence you cannot get wrong, and how to manage it across households.
Form LP3: notifying people about an LPA
The notice form, the three-week objection window, and who sends it.
LPA preferences and instructions: what you can and cannot say
Binding rules versus wishes, and the wording that gets LPAs rejected.
The most common LPA mistakes (and how to avoid them)
The errors that cost people £92 and eight weeks, ranked by frequency.
LPA continuation sheets explained
Which continuation sheet you need, and when.
Other topics
- LPA basics
- LPA costs and fees
- Choosing which LPA you need
- Attorneys and certificate providers
- Registration and using an LPA
- Health and care decisions
- Money, tax and property
- Parents, couples and capacity
- Disputes and safeguards
Skip the blank forms
We ask plain-English questions and prepare the LP1F or LP1H wording from your answers, checked for common completion errors.
The Office of the Public Guardian charges a separate £92 to register each LPA.