Powers of Attorney, Receivership & Court of Protection Orders   These are normally granted to enable relatives, friends or professional advisers to administer the affairs of a person (during that person's lifetime) who, for whatever reason is unwilling or unable to manage their own affairs or is capable but may intend to be absent from the country and wish to authorize someone in his/her absence to deal with legal matters during such absence. An Enduring Power of Attorney enables you to appoint someone to look after your financial affairs which would be, depending on your wishes, effective while you have mental capacity (and must be signed whilst in that state) but will be effective should you be unfortunate enough subsequently to be unable to manage your own affairs.