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are doing now is clarifying the situation on our guidance documentation. If an account has already been
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You may receive the error message below when trying to open a PDF. If you receive this message, you will need to download the document and open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Workaround guidance To download one of our documents please: Right click on the document and select 'Save link as' To ensure the document opens in the Adobe software, start Adobe Acrobat Reader DC then select File > Open and navigate to your downloaded document.(Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software can be downloaded if you
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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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Here is a note of the times we will be open over the Christmas and New Year period: 24 Dec: 9am - 12pm
25 Dec: Closed
28 Dec: Closed
29 Dec: 9am - 5pm
30 Dec: 9am - 5pm
31 Dec: 9am - 5pm
01 Jan: Closed
04 Jan: Closed
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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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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