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Anyone for any knowledge of granting power of attorney? I have a few questions.

Just done this regarding my father in law with the onset of Alzheimers - or at least my wife has.

I had to do something similar (it wasn't specifically PoA instead she had to sign some legal papers and I needed evidence of competence) a couple of years back with my mum as she has dementia. I got an independent specialist to complete an assessment and sit with her and witness the papers, two visits and two reports were c.£140 I think, he was really good and helpful. I know in passing he mentioned that supporting PoA work was what he spent most of his time doing.

I would get some advice before you go to far with it as at the start it looked like it was going to cost me a fortune and take months, but in the end it was fairly easily done if approached correctly.

Without going into too much detail. After my father passed away my mum was made executor of his estate in accordance to his Will.
Its been extremely complicated having to involve solicitors etc and its really starting to take its toll on my mum who isn't in the best of health as it is following 2 brain surgeries over the past few years.
I want to look at taking over Power of Attorney so i can stop having to drag my mum out of the house to banks and solicitors etc. etc

Obviously it sounds like your mum is in good mental health so a visit to a solicitor should be straightforward to either hand over to you entirely or to add you to her PoA with you having unrestricted power if she so wishes.

Good mental health? That's debatable. I mean, she is not suffering from dementia but she is forgetful and things often need explaining two or three times.
I have to see the solicitor this week so i will mention it to them, I thought i'd ask on here first as they would probably charge for the privilege of explaining it to me :-)

i wouldn't mention it you are just creating an obstacle for the sake of it. Let the solicitor judge after meeting you both if he thinks your mum is of sound mind to make this decision.

Indeed, our solicitor got very jumpy about things which led to all the impasse about mum signing documents, I would also make sure that all other family members are fully on board as I know there is a similar issue in my wife's family at the moment where someone is seeking PoA and other siblings are getting very suspicious about it!

Why are they becoming suspicious? I might be wrong but its my understanding that if i were to be given POA i would be acting on behalf of the executor. Its changes nothing in terms of what the Will says and how the estate is to be divided.

We live in a cynical world mate simple as that. As soon as money is involved people turn fucking weird

 My chum had to do this recently...I said that must have cost a bit in solicitor's fees he said no, he did it himself.

 This Which site sort of explains how.

 http://www.which.co.uk/money/wills-and-probate/power-of-attorney/guides/setting-up-power-of-attorney

Thats pretty much how I did it for my dad before he died, didn't cost me a penny.

I may have read wrong but that will be no good to Chubbs as this is a transfer of Power of Attorney

Dunno if sorted but this popped up this morning...

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/power-of-attorney#whichdeal