Ask a solicitor: Setting up an Enduring Power of Attorney

It would be better to have an Enduring Power of Attorney set up now so that they are ready to come into force if needed in the future,  advises rural solicitor Angela O'Connor.

The Attorney can be anyone you chose and does not need to be a family member.

Dear Angela, 

My wife and I are getting older and our sons have grown up and have left home. They both live in Australia and have very busy lives. We are farmers but have recently taken the decision to lease the farm to a neighbour as it was becoming too much for us to look after. We are thinking about our future and want to make plans now in case anything should happen to us.