The claimant said that a determination of the Ombudsman had been made in breach of the rules of natural justice, saying that she had not been given any opportunity to take part in the process. The complaint had been against a firm of which she had been a member but which she had left.
Held: The claim failed: ‘it would be wrong in principle to order judicial review of the decision made by the Financial Ombudsman Service here without, as an absolute minimum, having presented to me some basis on which, were there to be a re-investigation, some different decision might be reached. Nothing has been put before me about that. The very important rules of natural justice have been brought into play by the claimant. But, in my judgment, the firm, which is the responsible body, is clearly on proper notice and clearly had plenty of opportunity to put in its submissions.’
Judges:
Hodge J
Citations:
[2007] EWHC 1646 (Admin)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Financial Services, Natural Justice
Updated: 06 December 2022; Ref: scu.254606
