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Lasting power of attorney. Lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) in English law were created under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and came into effect on 1 October 2007. The LPA replaced the former enduring powers of attorney (EPA) which were narrower in scope. [ 1] Their purpose is to meet the needs of those who can see a time when they will lack ...
Worker representation on corporate boards of directors, also known as board-level employee representation (BLER) [ 1] refers to the right of workers to vote for representatives on a board of directors in corporate law. In 2018, a majority of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and a majority of countries in the European ...
Solicitor. A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to practise there as such. For example, in England and Wales a solicitor is ...
A power of attorney ( POA) or letter of attorney is a written authorization to represent or act on another's behalf in private affairs (which may be financial or regarding health and welfare), business, or some other legal matter. The person authorizing the other to act is the principal, grantor, or donor (of the power).
A board of directors is an executive committee that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency . The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations (including the jurisdiction's corporate law) and the organization's own constitution and by-laws ...
An enduring power of attorney (EPA) under English law is a legal authorisation to act on someone else's behalf in legal and financial matters which (unlike other kinds of power of attorney) can continue in force after the person granting it loses mental capacity, and so can be used to manage the affairs of people who have lost the ability to deal with their own affairs, without the need to ...
England and Wales; Scotland. Dates. Royal assent. 25 July 1986. Status: Amended. Text of statute as originally enacted. Revised text of statute as amended. The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 ( 1986 c. 46) forms part of UK company law and sets out the procedures for company directors to be disqualified in certain cases of misconduct.
Lasting Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Public Guardian (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2161) Community Order (Review by Specified Courts) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2162) Value Added Tax (Betting, Gaming and Lotteries) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2163) Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2164)