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Trainee Solicitors signing prescribed PoA Certificates to be returned, The Law Society of Scotland has issued the guidance below to state that trainee solicitors should, signed by a trainee solicitor. This change comes into force on 3rd April 2017 and applies to PoA documentation signed after this date. The guidance is as follows: “A trainee without a practising, . A trainee (with a practising certificate) could be a ‘practising solicitor’ but since these are onerous, that such responsibility should not be placed on a trainee solicitor with a restricted practising certificate
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Training workshops and resources, training workshop It is compulsory for the NSO to complete a training, this work and submit the accounts also attend the training. It will ensure clean accounts, opgprofguascheme@scotcourts.gov.uk for further information on the next available training course. Training resources We have provided some examples of completed sections of the full annual account, accounts, investments, transfer of investments, shares, general income, general expenditure Example
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OPG launches new online training - Professional Guardians’ Scheme, at SCTS and the Judicial Institute has developed an online training course for eligible solicitors who, since 2017. Eligible firms must attend the Public Guardian’s mandatory training. Previously, the half day mandatory training was delivered face-to-face to groups of solicitors and support staff throughout Scotland. However, this method of training encountered a number of challenges. It relied on a cohort of OPG operational staff taking time out of the business to travel to various locations
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Accessing Funds held in Child Trust Funds (CTF’s) or Junior Individual Savings Account (JISA’s) through the Access to Funds Scheme (Scotland), We are happy to report that the Access to Funds Scheme (ATF) can potentially be used to close and transfer CTF’s or JISA’s to a bank account held in the account holder’s sole name where the funds are held in cash form. ATF can be used to open a sole account if no such account is available. Please note the scheme is not suitable if the product is in the form of stock or shares i.e. (Stakeholder Accounts) - the relevant Provider (Fund Holder) should be contacted to verify this information
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translated into their native language and this is likely to be by a nominated official translator, That there is (ideally) a neutral, professional trustee That there are provisions/powers for the trustees, ? Joint bank accounts I want to transfer a share of funds from a joint bank account Reviewing your, used my own transport; can I claim for mileage? Consent to sell or purchase a dwelling house, ? Trust funds Can I set up a trust fund for the adult? Concerns I have concerns about the way
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Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). SCTS is committed to mainstreaming equality and diversity, service delivered by highly trained members of staff. Our staff will respond to telephone or online, the quality of service that customers should receive. We aim to treat everyone fairly, irrespective, , religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We will treat all of our customers in the same professional manner. Further information is available in the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Equality
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The office will be closed on Friday 24th & Monday 27th January 2025 to allow the transfer of all records held on our old case management system to the new system. Please note that due to staff training the power of attorney (PoA) team will be unable to assist with telephone enquiries on Tuesday 28th January 2025. If your PoA enquiry is urgent, please email opg@scotcourts.gov.uk and mark your, for your continued patience during this transition time and apologise in advance for any inconvenience
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East Renfrewshire Council’s prevention team have useful videos and an information pack available to help residents; avoid scams, stop cold calls, hire reputable traders and advice on other services. See their website for more information
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) is a specially trained social worker who has the training, education, experience and skills to work, can be a natural person or partnership) grants a ‘trust deed’ in favour of the trustee which transfers their estate to the trustee for the benefit of creditors. Public Guardian the official, , who believes that the information in an access to funds application is true and the applicant, deprivation occurs when an individual transfers an asset out of his or her possession to put him or herself
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This office will be closed again tomorrow Friday 2 March 2018 due to the adverse weather and transport difficulties.
We expect to open again as normal on Monday 5 March 2018.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused