Specialist LPA review service
Zero rejections by the OPG. None. Ever.
50,000 Lasting Power of Attorney applications are rejected by the Office of the Public Guardian every year, often because of avoidable mistakes. Every LPA reviewed through Power of Attorney Online has been accepted by the OPG so far.
1000s
mistakes spotted before submission
80%+
Of drafts we review have errors
0
OPG rejections
50,000
UK rejections / year
Why LPAs get rejected
Most rejections aren't dramatic. They come from small details that gov.uk's online forms don't catch.
Inconsistent names
Middle names missing, hyphenation different from passport, or a maiden name in one place and a married name in another.
Wrong witness or wrong order
An attorney witnessing the donor, signatures dated out of order, or a witness who isn't independent enough under the rules.
Instructions that contradict
Preferences phrased as instructions, joint/several configurations that conflict with the attorney list, or wording the OPG can't legally enforce.
What our specialists actually find
This isn't an industry estimate. It's our own data - every LPA we've reviewed, summarised.
Small mistakes hiding in plain sight
When an LPA reaches us, we don't just spot-check it. A trained reviewer works through every section against the OPG's most recent rejection criteria. The result is unusually consistent.
More than 8 out of 10 drafts we see contain at least one issue. Most are small - a missing middle name, a witness signed in the wrong order. A meaningful share are major and would cause an outright rejection.
80%+
Of LPAs we review contain at least one issue
~80%
of draft LPAs we review contain avoidable mistakes Including errors that could delay or prevent registration with the Office of the Public Guardian.
1 in 5
Only 1 in 5 Drafts that pass first time
Families don’t expect a Lasting Power of Attorney to be rejected because somebody missed out a middle name or signed in the wrong order. But those are exactly the kinds of mistakes that can stop an LPA being registered. The heartbreaking part is that people often only discover the problem when they urgently need the document during illness, dementia or after an accident. Power of Attorney Online was built to help families get this right first time, before a small mistake becomes a much bigger crisis.
- Matt Cresswell, Power of Attorney Online
£99 for expert help now. Or repeated £92 OPG fees later.
Every time the Office of the Public Guardian rejects an LPA application, the £92 registration fee is lost and the process usually has to start again. Small mistakes can end up costing families hundreds of pounds and weeks of delay at the worst possible time.
Power of Attorney Online includes expert checks designed to help you get your LPA right first time.'
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