Many guardians prefer to send evidence to support an inventory of estate, management plan, or annual account to OPG by email. While this is acceptable, the quality of the emailed attachments is frequently poor which makes reading the supporting information difficult and it often takes additional administrative effort to rectify evidence. Therefore, guardians should note that from 1 April 2026 that evidence sent by email must meet the following requirements:
- Bank statements, receipts, invoices etc. should only be sent in PDF, Word or Excel format. JPEGs/photographs are not acceptable.
- Large files should be compressed in a Zip file. Do not send multiple emails.
- All attachments/files should be named.
- Please limit the number of emails per submission.
- Sharing files and links to webpages are not acceptable.
- Your account form should be in one attachment and any evidence provided in a separate attachment.
- Your documentation should be sent to either OPGorders@scotcourts.gov.uk or if a PGS member send to opgprofessionalguascheme@scotcourts.gov.uk
From 1 July 2026 evidence that fails to meet the above requirements will not be accepted and OPG will set the work item status to pending. OPG will advise guardians if this is the case and ask guardians to resend the evidence by email in line with requirements or to send their documentation by post.