Lasting Power of Attorney Witnesses

fretwej

Sorry if this has been asked before. I am setting up LPAs for myself. I have read conflicting reports about the number of witnesses allowed on an LPA. Some reports suggest that only one witness should sign for all the donor, attorney and replacements. The Gov.uk site suggests that each person can have their own witness i.e. The donor, attorney and replacement attorney can all have their own witnesses, possibly 3 in total. I have followed the latter process with 2 witnesses so far and a third to come as the witness for the replacement attorney. Am I ok to follow this path or should I start again with just 1 witness?

p00hsticks

When my parents did mine they definitely had different witnesses for the different pages, as the donor, and two separate named attorneys were all in different parts of the country.

The solicitor co-ordinated the order in which the various pages were posted out, signed and returned. 

I don't see how they can expect all parties to necessarily be in the same place in order to use the same witness

Keep_pedalling

No need to start again, the only thing you need to make sure of is that each section has seen signed ant witnessed in the right order.