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POA - Wording in case of e.g. an attorney being too ill to act

RMurphy195
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When providing an instruction in case of an attorney being unable to act, do I need to list the attorneys names e.g. the instruction in Section 7 of the POA for financial affairs, is it sufficient to have
"IF ONE OF MY ORIGINAL ATTORNEYS IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ACT, I THEN RE-APPOINT MY REMAINING ORIGINAL ATTORNEYS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT I HAVE SPECIFIED TO BE MADE JOINTLY."
Or, do I need to include names e.g. if I have 3 attorneys something like
"IF ONE OF MY ORIGINAL ATTORNEYS JOHN SMITH, MARY SMITH OR HAROLD SMITH IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ACT, I THEN RE-APPOINT MY REMAINING ORIGINAL ATTORNEYS JOHN SMITH, MARY SMITH OR HAROLD SMITH TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT I HAVE SPECIFIED TO BE MADE JOINTLY."
"IF ONE OF MY ORIGINAL ATTORNEYS IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ACT, I THEN RE-APPOINT MY REMAINING ORIGINAL ATTORNEYS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT I HAVE SPECIFIED TO BE MADE JOINTLY."
Or, do I need to include names e.g. if I have 3 attorneys something like
"IF ONE OF MY ORIGINAL ATTORNEYS JOHN SMITH, MARY SMITH OR HAROLD SMITH IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ACT, I THEN RE-APPOINT MY REMAINING ORIGINAL ATTORNEYS JOHN SMITH, MARY SMITH OR HAROLD SMITH TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT I HAVE SPECIFIED TO BE MADE JOINTLY."
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Neither, the only way to stop the LPA failing on joint decisions is to appoint a replacement attorney in section 4. Why not go with jointly and severally for everything?0
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