Guidance

Solicitor client accounts: Public Guardian guidance

This guidance sets out OPG’s position on how solicitor deputies should manage client accounts for persons who are subject to a deputyship order.

From:
Office of the Public Guardian
Published
15 February 2016
Last updated
24 February 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Details

This guidance explains the Public Guardian’s approach to the use of client accounts to manage deputyship funds, and how the deputy acts under:

  • the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA)
  • the Solicitors Regulation Authority Accounts Rules 2011 (SARs)
  • the MCA Code of Practice

Updates to this page

Published 15 February 2016
Last updated 24 February 2026 + show all updates

  1. Public Guardian guidance for solicitor client accounts has been updated.

  2. Added Welsh-language translation

  3. First published.

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