Thank you! Just needed to vent some spleen while finding another place to store the loot. West Brom insisted that my blind mother write a letter saying she was in full possession of her faculties, except sight. As I had to write it, read it to her and sign it for her myself, this seemed like a singular waste of time. But it worked! No accounting ...

After more than two months of beating about the bush, ICICI will still not recognise my Enduring Power of Attorney insisting that it is the more recent 'Lasting' Power of Attorney. I have finally abandoned hope of investing my mother's money with ICICI and am trying to withdraw my application. Consequently my mother has lost substantial interest ...