Bank of Scotland Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4402324 Partly upheld

Partly upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£281redress stated in the decision

Mon Nov 13deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Credit file reporting

In the Ombudsman’s words

Miss W complains that the Bank of Scotland plc (trading as Halifax) was irresponsible to lend to her.Irresponsible lending

Remove any adverse information recorded on Miss W’s credit file in relation to the loan.Credit file reporting

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4402324.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.