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is required urgently. The vast majority of our customers could be classed as elderly and/or frail
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requested add up to the total shown and the frequency is clear the applicant and countersignatory have, you have provided. We will contact you if we need any further clarification or evidence. Once we
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to be determined and who should do this. This makes it clear what your wishes are so they can be followed
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We ran a consultation exercise in April and May 2023 to seek views on having a clearer and simpler approach to making amendments to a power of attorney deed. Feedback from the consultation exercise along with their own experience was considered. The policy has now been reviewed and simplified to increase the protections and safeguards in the interests of adults with incapacity. Important changes to note: The Power of Attorney Amendment Policy 2012 will be replaced with the Power of Attorney
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Further to our announcement on 29 September 2021 Remuneration awards to include VAT advising that Professional Financial Guardians should no longer claim VAT, in addition to the sum of remuneration awarded, PLEASE NOTE this office has decided to suspend this direction/guidance
with immediate effect. This suspension will allow for a further review of the legal position and further consultation, if required. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. We will revert with a full and final decision
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Please note that we are working with a skeleton staff. To ensure that essential services are maintained as far as possible we have prioritised our work and will be focussing on processing critical work. We ask that you email us instead of telephoning as we can get more work processed this way. Urgent enquiries should be clearly marked as URGENT, explaining the reason for the urgency, and emailed to opg@scotcourts.gov.uk Thank you for your co-operation
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The new measures introduced by the Government to slow down the spread of the Coronavirus infection means we are now operating with a reduced workforce.
Please note that we will be prioritising work to ensure that essential services are maintained as far as possible. Any urgent enquiries should be clearly marked as URGENT, explaining the reason for the urgency, and emailed to opg@scotcourts.gov.uk. Thank you for your patience
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The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 6 April 2020, and the majority of provisions came into force on 7 April 2020. Schedule 3 to the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 effectively hits a "pause button" on the (length of a) guardianship order. This means, that the period in which this temporary legislation is in force does not count, and it essentially stops the clock on the length of the welfare and/or financial guardianship order. Given this, orders will not expire
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Earlier this week we advised our customers that we would be working on critical work only, and we asked that urgent enquiries be made via email, clearly marked as “URGENT” with an explanation for the urgency. Since that update, we have experienced an exponential increase in the number of requests for work to be processed urgently. This coupled with a further reduction in the number of staff, climate, offering a temporary measure while a non-urgent PoA is waiting to be processed. Help us help you
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have since expired with no renewal Attorney did not provide clothing or personal allowance for her, or provision of clothing Registers of Scotland confirmed adult owns heritable property Adult's bank confirmed that adult's accounts have all been closed and he currently does not have a bank account