{"id":88142,"date":"2018-01-18T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8eecd8c8a5f96832a91cb5f283441e35"},"modified":"2018-01-23T23:19:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T23:19:05","slug":"news-story-opg-updates-legal-guidance-on-giving-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=88142","title":{"rendered":"News story: OPG updates legal guidance on giving gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Welsh translation added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><abbr title=\"the Office of the Public Guardian\">OPG<\/abbr>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/public-guardian-practice-note-gifts\">gifting practice note<\/a>  explains the legal framework around giving gifts and has been updated to reflect recent judgements by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/courts-tribunals\/court-of-protection\">Court of Protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It also explains the approach <abbr title=\"the Office of the Public Guardian\">OPG<\/abbr> takes if deputies or attorneys go beyond their authority to give gifts on behalf of the person they act for.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"the Office of the Public Guardian\">OPG<\/abbr> has separate general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/giving-gifts-a-guide-for-deputies-and-attorneys\">guidance on giving gifts for non-professional deputies and attorneys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Being an attorney or a deputy can be a demanding role \u2013 like a part-time job for some \u2013 and there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/public-guardian-practice-notes\">practice notes covering a range of subjects<\/a> to help attorneys and deputies be as effective as they can.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has updated its legal guidance for professional deputies and attorneys on the rules about giving gifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88305,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88142\/revisions\/88305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}