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Bit of a strange one. My mother signed an EPA in 2007. At the time she asked the solicitor to hold the original in their safe. The solicitor went into administration in 2010. We received a letter from a separate set of solicitors saying that we should contact them if we wanted any documents returned. When we contacted them we were told that they held no documents in my mother's name. Recently I have been looking for the original of this document ( I have always had a copy) without success. Just on the off chance I again contacted the solicitor and they have now found the original. I said great, I'll come over and pick it up. They said that they will not release the document unless I provide them with a letter of authority signed by my mother and proof of both her, and my identity. The EPA gives me full power of attorney. So the question is what authority do they have they to do this. They have never been engaged by my mother and it was made clear at the time of the administration that the new solicitors were only holding documents and we're in no way taking over the firm?
Bit of a strange one. My mother signed an EPA in 2007. At the time she asked the solicitor to hold the original in their safe. The solicitor went into administration in 2010. We received a letter from a separate set of solicitors saying that we should contact them if we wanted any documents returned. When we contacted them we were told that they held no documents in my mother's name. Recently I have been looking for the original of this document ( I have always had a copy) without success. Just on the off chance I again contacted the solicitor and they have now found the original. I said great, I'll come over and pick it up. They said that they will not release the document unless I provide them with a letter of authority signed by my mother and proof of both her, and my identity. The EPA gives me full power of attorney. So the question is what authority do they have they to do this. They have never been engaged by my mother and it was made clear at the time of the administration that the new solicitors were only holding documents and we're in no way taking over the firm?
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