Nottingham Building Society

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3021451 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Sat Nov 06deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Identity checks and access, Bereavement and power of attorney

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr W and the estate of Mrs W complain that Nottingham Building Society insisted on a Grant of Probate being produced to allow account access.Identity checks and access

Mr W and the estate of Mrs W complain that Nottingham Building Society insisted on a Grant of Probate being produced to allow account access.Bereavement and power of attorney

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3021451.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

The outcome shown is the Ombudsman’s own published classification, not our reading of the text. Nothing here is legal advice, and a decision concerns only the complaint it was made about.