Lloyds Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN4263357 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£2,500redress stated in the decision

Mon Nov 23deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Bereavement and power of attorney

In the Ombudsman’s words

Lloyds Bank PLC froze and closed his accounts without any reason to do so.Account closed or refused

Mr S’s solicitor wrote to Lloyds about the late Mrs S’s estate.Bereavement and power of attorney

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN4263357.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.