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Fixed costs and remuneration of professional deputies: OPG issues new guidance

20/6/2025

 
The OPG has released new guidance on a number of issues related to fixed costs that may be charged by professional and public authority deputies in line with Practice Direction 19B.

The guidance sets out some general principles regarding fixed costs and remuneration, and how professional and public authority deputies should apply the schedule of fixed costs and remuneration set out in PD19B. It also provides guidance on a number of issues related to the specific interpretation of certain categories of fixed costs. 

You can read it in full on the OPG website.

OPG publishes guidance on vaccination

28/6/2023

 
The Office of the Public Guardian has published a short guidance note for attorneys and deputies setting out additional steps where a person lacks capacity to consent to the vaccine.

You can read the guidance on the gov.uk website. 

Fresh standards for court appointed deputies published

17/2/2023

 
A refreshed set of standards to help court appointed deputies in their duties has been published on the OPG website.  

As explained in the accompanying blog post, the standards are not new but have been refreshed following feedback that the existing standards for public and professional deputies could be simpler and to plug a gap for lay deputies.

The full collection of standards is available on the OPG website.

New Court of Protection General Vistsors appointed

16/12/2022

 
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has announced the appointment of 22 new Court of Protection General Visitors and the re-appointment of a further six. 

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Recovery of “litigation” costs incurred by a professional deputy in the Court of Protection

2/7/2020

 
Over the past few years Paul Cruickshanks of A&M Bacon has seen an increase in costs “disallowed” within Court of Protection assessments as they “should be claimed within the litigation proceedings”. In this article he explores the types of work that may be “disallowed” for these reasons and offer some advice and tips on how you can ensure this work is recovered.

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