Halifax Limited

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN8737141 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

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

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What this decision was about

Mortgage administration, Bereavement and power of attorney

In the Ombudsman’s words

Halifax didn’t register her death on the mortgage accountMortgage administration

Mrs G died in 2012. Her son, who was guarantor for the mortgage and is also the representative of her estateBereavement and power of attorney

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN8737141.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.