Bank of Scotland Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN0038386 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

—deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Complaint handling, Bereavement and power of attorney

In the Ombudsman’s words

Halifax had initially provided incorrect information and had not provided the level of customer service that it should haveComplaint handling

Mr A on behalf of the estate complainsBereavement and power of attorney

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN0038386.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.