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Private client digitisation set to continue with digital LPAs planned
Blog //07-06-2022

Private client digitisation set to continue with digital LPAs planned

by OneAdvanced PR, Author

Private client solicitors are set to see another area digitised in the coming months as Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) are set to becoming digitised under government plans.

The government through the Ministry of Justice has launched its ‘Digital Strategy 2025’ – which aims ‘to change the user experience of justice by providing simpler, faster and better services for everyone’ with a specific aim to ‘build a modern lasting power of attorney’.

It is hoped that by allowing citizens to make and use an LPA digitally, it will provide better support for citizens to make decisions and protect those most at risk.

It is also the aim of the government to provide an application process that is more automated for those at the Office of the Public Guardian – which should in turn make for a simpler and faster process for private client solicitors and firms.

The digitisation of the private client industry

This is the latest, if most deliberate, action in digitising areas of private client in recent years.

The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns brought with it the acceptance of remote witnessing Wills (extended until 31 January 2024) as well as electronic signatures for deeds. The Law Society has long considered keeping a digital register of Wills as best practice also.

In 2020, the Office of the Public Guardian also launched a digital ‘Use a lasting power of attorney’ tool to contact institutions such as banks and care providers more easily and to make and enforce decisions quicker.

Make Advanced your digital legal solutions partner

The train is moving only in one direction towards further digitisation as a faster, more secure, and more efficient way of processing estate queries – and as such firms and solicitors face the challenge of being able to keep up.

More than 1,900 law firms across the UK trust us to keep them ahead of the curve. With legal procedures becoming ever-more digitised, our solutions are designed so you can not only meet the challenge, but go beyond it and utilise software powered possibility to maximise efficiency, ensure security and compliance, and make the day-to-day easier.

Find out more about how Advanced does this for your private client department, including practice case management with probate workflows, Cloud Forms including the new digital IHT400 forms as of this month, and will registration and Certainty Will Search through The National Will Register.

Find out more about Advanced’s full suite of legal solutions for your private client practice by clicking here.

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