Is an Online LPA Legal? — Yes, If the Requirements Are Met
Yes. Validity comes from the statutory requirements, not from who prepared the form.
LPA basics
The starting point for anyone who has just heard the term. What an LPA is, the difference between the two types, and why it only works if it is made before it is needed.
Main pages on this topic
- Make an LPA online
The whole journey end to end: questions, documents, signing and registration.
- Solicitor, GOV.UK or online?
An honest comparison, including when you genuinely should pay a solicitor.
Every page in this topic (44)
Are Online LPA Services Safe? — What to Check
How to judge one. The questions to ask, and our answers to each of them.
Best Way to Make an LPA Online — Compared
Three routes compared honestly on cost, effort and what gets checked.
How Long Does an LPA Take to Make? — Preparation vs Registration
An hour to prepare, weeks to register. The realistic end-to-end timeline.
What is a Lasting Power of Attorney?
What an LPA does, the two types, and why it only helps if it is made before it is needed.
What happens if you have no LPA?
Why next of kin has no automatic authority, and what a deputyship application involves instead.
The difference between the two types of LPA
Money versus medical: what each of the two LPAs covers and why most people make both.
How to make a Lasting Power of Attorney: step by step
The four stages from deciding on attorneys to holding a registered LPA.
Can I make an LPA myself?
You can, and it is legal. What DIY involves and where it goes wrong.
Do I need a solicitor for an LPA?
No — but here are the cases where a solicitor really is worth the money.
LPA vs EPA: what happened to Enduring Powers of Attorney?
EPAs stopped in 2007 but old ones still work. How they differ from an LPA.
LPA vs ordinary (general) power of attorney
Why an ordinary power of attorney is useless once capacity is lost.
LPA vs will: why you need both
Two documents, two entirely separate jobs — and no overlap at all.
Mental capacity explained (and why timing matters)
What capacity means in law, how it is judged, and why timing decides everything.
Do I need both types of LPA?
What each LPA covers, and the gap left behind if you only make one.
When should you make an LPA?
Why timing decides whether an LPA is possible at all.
LPA checklist: what to gather before you start
Everything you need to hand before you begin your LPA.
LPA myths and misconceptions
The beliefs that leave families without authority when it matters.
How an LPA protects your family
The practical burden an LPA removes from the people around you.
Where to store your LPA
Storing the original safely while keeping it findable.
LPAs and advance care planning
How LPAs sit alongside advance decisions and care plans.
LPAs if you are single or have no children
Choosing attorneys without a spouse or children to rely on.
LPAs and overseas assets
What your LPA can and cannot do outside England and Wales.
Reviewing and updating your LPA
What can be changed, and what needs a new LPA.
Can I appoint different attorneys for money and for health?
Splitting financial and welfare attorneys between different people.
Can an attorney live abroad?
The practical problems with an overseas attorney, and how to work around them.
How long does an LPA last?
Why an LPA never expires, and when to replace one anyway.
Do both LPAs need the same attorneys or the same wording?
What can differ between your two LPAs, and what usually should not.
Can you make an LPA online?
What online completion does and does not remove.
Can an attorney also be a beneficiary of the will?
The inheritance conflict, and how to keep it clean.
At what age should you make an LPA?
Why age is the wrong trigger, and what the right trigger is.
Do I need an LPA if I am married?
The myth of automatic spousal authority, dismantled.
Does an LPA cover Scotland or Northern Ireland?
The three separate UK regimes, and what to do if you move.
Can I cancel an LPA after it has been registered?
Revoking a registered LPA step by step.
How much does an LPA cost in total?
The total cost including registration fees.
How long does it take to make an LPA?
Each stage of the timeline, start to registered.
Can I write my own LPA?
Doing it yourself versus a checked service versus a solicitor.
Is an online LPA legally valid?
What makes an LPA legally valid, wherever it was prepared.
What can an attorney not do?
The decisions an attorney has no power to make.
Does an LPA have to be registered?
Why registration is compulsory, and how it works.
Who can see my LPA?
Access, privacy and the OPG register.
Can I have more than one LPA?
Multiple LPAs, replacements and conflicting documents.
What happens if attorneys cannot agree?
Resolving deadlock between attorneys.
Do I need an LPA if I have a will?
How a will and an LPA divide up the work.
Other topics
- LPA costs and fees
- Choosing which LPA you need
- Attorneys and certificate providers
- Forms, wording and signing
- Registration and using an LPA
- Health and care decisions
- Money, tax and property
- Parents, couples and capacity
- Disputes and safeguards
Ready to make your LPA?
Choose one LPA or both, then start online for £49 per LPA.
The Office of the Public Guardian charges a separate £92 to register each LPA.