Guidance and regulation

Code of practice giving guidance for decisions made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Updated: 14 October 2020

Tell Us Once helps you let most government departments and local councils know when someone dies. This guide tells you how to use it.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 24 August 2023

Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.

• From: Bona Vacantia
• Updated: 5 February 2020

You can pay the application fee for your lasting power of attorney online using a debit or credit card.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Updated: 13 December 2022

About an attorney, deputy or guardian

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Updated: 26 July 2022

Advice on actions you may need to take and the support available from the FCDO and others when a British person dies abroad.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 31 August 2022

This page lists businesses that can provide a next-day service to legalise a document.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 6 March 2024

A guide for people who want to store their will or codicil (an update to the will) with HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Updated: 14 November 2023

Find out how to get help if you have concerns that someone is being abused or neglected under a lasting power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or deputy court order.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Updated: 22 July 2021

Use the online service to register a deceased person's estate if you’re an executor, administrator or personal representative.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 6 April 2024

Documents, certificates, services available at British Embassy in Manila.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 19 December 2022

Local authorities, police and NHS staff can find out about the information we have on our registers in England and Wales and how to ask for it.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Updated: 10 June 2021

This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 2 September 2022

Information for British citizens moving to or living in the Philippines, including guidance on residency, healthcare, civil registration and more.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 5 February 2024

This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 15 September 2023

Find contact details of panel deputies available to support people who lack mental capacity.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Updated: 19 September 2023

The Government is introducing legislation to allow people to use video-conferencing technology for the witnessing of wills being made.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 12 January 2022

Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.

• From: Bona Vacantia and 1 others
• Updated: 22 March 2024

How you can request to search the Public Guardian registers and request additional information.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Updated: 1 September 2021

This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in France, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 28 January 2021