Georgina Powell LLM (Cantab)

Freelance Solicitor

Legal services including Lasting Powers of Attorney, Wills, contractual agreements, divorce proceedings and dispute resolution by mediation

Practice areas

• Private client: Fixed fees available for drafting Wills and advising and preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney in relation to your property and financial affairs or your health and welfare decisions, including capacity assessment and lodging the documents with the Office of the Public Guardian. I also advise and assist with applications for a Grant of Probate, applications for Deputyship before the Court of Protection and drafting Deeds of Variation.

• Uncontested divorce proceedings: If you have agreed to the divorce with your spouse and you have an amicable relationship, then I can help you obtain a quick divorce by managing the entire procedure from start to finish for an all-inclusive fixed fee.

• Contractual agreements: Drafting, and advising on, the terms of commercial and business contracts, including loan agreements.

• Prenuptial agreements and separation agreements tailored to your requirements.

• Dispute resolution: I can help you find an amicable, private and satisfactory solution to any kind of dispute through mediation.

• Legal interpreting and translations from English to Spanish and Spanish to English.

• Miscellaneous services: I draft statutory declarations and affidavits and certify documents as true copies of the original and countersign passport applications. In addition, I provide an ID and address verification service. I offer fixed fees to assist with your trust registration with HMRC as well as with your change of name by Deed Poll.

 

Why do you need a Lasting Power of Attorney?

Most of us will spend the majority of our lives enjoying great health and happiness. Nonetheless, it is also prudent to plan for unknown or unexpected circumstances.

Lasting Powers of Attorney are official legal documents that enable you to set out what you want to happen should your life circumstances change through illness or death of a loved one. They are straightforward documents that many people can complete alone.

However, for those looking for the peace of mind that comes with the support of a professional solicitor in drafting your documents, I am able to assist. As a Cambridge-educated lawyer with 20 years of experience as an academic and practising solicitor, I am more than willing to support you through the process.

Just a short discussion of your circumstances and I will be able to draft the documents you need for peace of mind. I charge a fixed fee with no additional charges at a fraction of the cost of a traditional high street law firm.

I am able to safely conduct face-to-face meetings, or if you would prefer, I can offer appointments by telephone or video conference over Skype, WhatsApp, Zoom or other types of video calls.

 

What is a Lasting Power of Attorney?

A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document that enables you to appoint one or more people (your ‘attorneys’) to make decisions on your behalf in the future, if you no longer want to make decisions for yourself or if you lose the mental capacity to do so. An LPA has to be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian before it comes into force.

There are two types of LPA. The Property and Financial Affairs LPA can be used while you still have mental capacity. Otherwise, you can state that you only want it to come into force if you lose capacity. For example, a Property and Financial Affairs LPA can be used to buy and sell property, to pay bills or to arrange repairs to your property. Once registered with the Office of the Public Guardian, it can be used immediately or held in readiness until required.

The Health and Welfare LPA can only be used once you are unable to make your own decisions, although you will need to agree to it while you still have capacity. Your attorneys will be able to make decisions such as your day-to-day medical care, moving into a care home or life-sustaining medical treatment. If you want to appoint someone to act on your behalf in financial or medical decisions, you need to act now.
 

How I can help you

As a Solicitor in England and Wales since 2005, I provide an experienced, personalised and complete service that meets the highest standards of commitment and responsibility. I have always been passionate about client care and take pride in delivering efficient and reliable legal solutions at a competitive, affordable price. 

I graduated from the University of Cambridge, the University of Buenos Aires and London Metropolitan University and have worked in law firms in London, Surrey and Buenos Aires. As a legal academic, I taught extensively while raising my three children.  

Now based in Leicestershire, I am offering my services as a Freelance Solicitor delivering face-to-face and video consultations to clients across the UK and the European Union.   

Fixed fees are available for advising and preparing Wills as well as Lasting Powers of Attorney in relation to your property and financial affairs or your health and welfare decisions, including assessing and certifying the donor's mental capacity and witnessing all signatures.   

I also offer fixed fees for uncontested divorce proceedings. If you have agreed to the divorce with your spouse and you have an amicable relationship, then I can help you obtain a quick divorce by managing the entire procedure from start to finish for an all-inclusive fixed fee. I will handle all aspects of the proceedings and will keep you informed every step of the way. I also help and act in respect of other non-contentious family law matters.    

Fixed fees are available for dispute resolution. I can help you find an amicable, private and satisfactory solution to any kind of dispute through mediation. A quick, confidential and cost-effective alternative to court proceedings for a fixed fee. A mediation session can be arranged online, by telephone or face-to-face.   

In addition, I offer fixed fees for drafting, and advising on, the terms of commercial and business contracts, including loan agreements as well for prenuptial agreements and separation agreements.

I provide independent legal advice as per your requirements, for example, if you need to sign an Occupier's Consent Form before you can complete your mortgage or equity release.

I also advise and assist with applications for a Grant of Probate. I administer oaths on an ad hoc basis, draft statutory declarations and affidavits, certify documents as true copies of the original and countersign passport applications. In addition, I provide an ID and address verification service.   

I also provide a Trust registration service with HMRC and can assist with your change of name by Deed Poll. I offer very competitive quotes for applications for Deputyship before the Court of Protection and for drafting Deeds of Variation.

I can provide legal assistance in English and Spanish. I also offer a legal translation service English-Spanish and Spanish-English.  I also speak Italian.

Please call me on 0116 277 0119 or 07838 155 300 or email me at georgina.m.powell@gmail.com and find out how I can help you.

A guaranteed response within 24 hours. 

Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under No 354502. Member of the Law Society of England and Wales.   Member of Leicestershire Law Society. VAT Registered under No 438 0521 10.

The SRA rules can be found at:

https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/code-conduct-solicitors/

 

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Como Abogada admitida en Inglaterra y Gales desde 2005, ofrezco un servicio completo y personalizado que cumple con los más altos estándares de compromiso y responsabilidad.   

Soy egresada de la Universidad de Cambridge, la Universidad de Buenos Aires y la Universidad Metropolitana de Londres y he trabajado en firmas de abogados en Londres, Surrey y Buenos Aires.    

Propongo soluciones legales rápidas y confiables con un enfoque integrador a un costo inferior al cotizado por otras firmas de abogados.      

Ahora con base en Leicestershire, proporciono mis servicios como Abogada Independiente brindando consultas presenciales y por video llamada a clientes en todo el Reino Unido y la Unión Europea.       

Con honorarios pre-acordados para testamentos y poderes notariales duraderos de administración y disposición, procedimientos de divorcio de común acuerdo y resolución de conflictos a través de negociación y mediación. Además, ofrezco asesoramiento con respecto a otros asuntos de derecho de familia no contenciosos.   

También, ofrezco honorarios fijos para redactar contratos comerciales, incluyendo contratos de préstamo y asimismo tasas fijas para redactar acuerdos prematrimoniales y acuerdos de separación.

Proporciono asesoramiento legal independiente según sus requerimientos, por ejemplo, si necesita firmar un formulario de consentimiento del ocupante antes de que pueda completar su hipoteca o liberación de capital.

Asimismo, asesoro y asisto con sucesiones y declaratorias de herederos, redacto actas de modificación de testamentos, tomo declaraciones juradas, redacto afidávits, certifico copias de documentos y asimismo refrendo solicitudes de pasaporte. Adicionalmente, proporciono un servicio de verificación de identidad y domicilio.

También ofrezco un servicio de registro de fideicomisos con la autoridad tributaria del Reino Unido y puedo ayudarlo con su cambio de nombre por escritura unilateral. Ofrezco cotizaciones muy competitivas para solicitudes de Diputación ante el Tribunal de Protección y por redactar actas de modificación de testamento.

Brindo asistencia legal en inglés y en español, como también un servicio de traducción jurídica inglés-español y español-inglés. También hablo italiano.

Regulada por la Autoridad de Regulación de Abogados bajo el número 354502. Miembro del Colegio de Abogados de Inglaterra y Gales. Miembro de la Sociedad de Derecho del Condado de Leicester. Registrada para el Impuesto al Valor Agregado bajo el número 438 0521 10.

Las reglas de la Autoridad de Regulación de Abogados se pueden encontrar en: 

http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page

 

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Office address: 

16 Queens Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester LE8 5UD

Telephone: 0116 277 0119 

Mobile: 07838 155300

Email:

georgina.m.powell@gmail.com

 

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