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
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  1. 24 February 2026

     Public Guardian guidance for solicitor client accounts has been updated.

  2. 30 August 2017

     Added Welsh-language translation

  3. 15 February 2016

     First published.

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