Close Brothers Limited

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5647702 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Mon Nov 17deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr C complains that Close Brothers Limited (trading as “Close Brothers” Motor Finance) unfairly entered into a hire-purchase agreement with him. He’s effectively said that the finance wasn’t affordable and so shouldn’t have been provided to him.Irresponsible lending

Rules cited

Consumer Credit Act 1974

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5647702.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

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