Complaints Policy
Hopefully all your dealings with HL Partnership Limited and our Appointed Representatives will be
positive experiences. However, sometimes things go wrong and if that happens, we operate a
structured Complaints Procedure to ensure we get things back on track as quickly as possible.
This document is a summary of that procedure which is designed to ensure any complaints are dealt
with in a professional manner, are handled fairly, effectively, and promptly, and are resolved at the
earliest possible opportunity.
Our commitment to you…
1. We will endeavour to resolve your complaint as quickly as possible and will work within the following timescales:
Three Business Days – Once we receive your complaint, if we are able to resolve the
matter by close of business on the third working day following its receipt, we will
simply do so and advise you in writing with our Summary Resolution Communication.
Five Business Days – If we are not able to resolve the matter as above, we will write
to you within five business days acknowledging your complaint, confirming our
understanding of the situation, and providing you with the name of the individual
handling the complaint.
Four Weeks – If we haven’t been able to resolve the complaint sooner, after four
weeks we will send you either our Final Response letter (please see below) or a
progress report explaining why we are not yet in a position to resolve the complaint.
Eight Weeks – If we still haven’t been able to resolve the case before hand, at eight
weeks we will send you either our Final Response letter (please see below) or an
explanation why we are not yet in a position to resolve the complaint, giving the
reason for the delay and indicating when we expect to be able to provide a final
response.
PLEASE NOTE: A business day is a Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm,
excluding bank holidays. When a complaint is received on a non-business day, or on
a business day outside business hours, we will treat the complaint as being received
on the next business day.
2. We will ensure the person dealing with your complaint has the required skill, knowledge, and authority to respond to your complaint. Our staff are fully trained, and we operate a structured and robust complaints procedure to ensure all complaints are dealt with fairly.
3. We will ensure the letters we send are clear and explain things properly. When we resolve a complaint, you will receive:
Summary Resolution Communication – Where we have been able to resolve a
complaint within three business days, we will issue a Summary Resolution
Communication explaining that we believe the complaint to be resolved. This will
include details of how to escalate the case if you remain dissatisfied.
Final Response Letter – Once we have completed an investigation, we will issue our
Final Response Letter to you. This will detail the complaint, explain our investigation,
and confirm our findings. The Final Response letter will either ‘Uphold’ your
complaint or ‘Reject’ your complaint and explain why. If there is any settlement or
redress awarded, an explanation of how this was calculated will also be included.
We will give you access to the Financial Ombudsman Service which is a free service set up by Parliament to sort out individual complaints that consumers and financial businesses are not able to resolve themselves.
If, once we have issued a Summary Resolution Communication or Final Response Letter (or after 8 weeks if we have yet to issue a Summary Resolution or Final Response letter), you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of our investigations, you may have the right to approach the Financial Ombudsman Service within 6 months of the date of the letter.
If you do not refer your complaint in time, the Ombudsman will not have our permission to consider your complaint and so will only be able to do so in very limited circumstances. For example, if the Ombudsman believes that the delay was as a result of exceptional circumstances.
Details of how to get in touch with The Financial Ombudsman Service will be issued with our Summary Resolution and Final Response letters along with a leaflet explaining how the service works.
If you require more information, the Financial Ombudsman Service can be contacted as follows:
Address:
Financial Ombudsman Service
Exchange Tower
London
E14 9SR
Telephone: 0300 123 9123
Website: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk
Your commitment to us…
In order to help resolve complaints as quickly and fairly as possible, we ask the following:
Tell us what happened – We need to understand the situation as clearly as possible
so we may ask you to provide your side of the story or let us have documents and
information which may help our investigation. These can be provided by post, email,
verbally or through any other means that you prefer.
Help us find the right solution – It is in everyone’s interests to get complaints settled
amicably so if there is a particular outcome you believe would be suitable, tell us and we
will assess if this is possible. We may not be able to resolve the case the way you would
like but we can try. And if we can’t, we will explain why it is not possible and offer an
alternative solution.
Respond to us as soon as you can – Hopefully we won’t need to come back to you too
often, but we may need further information or clarity on certain points. If we do need more
information, we simply ask you to come back to us as soon as you can so that we can get
things resolved quicker. If you can’t come back straight away, that’s fine too – just let us
know.
Treat us with respect – Whilst it can be frustrating if something’s gone wrong, our job is
to find out what happened and where appropriate, put things right. Our staff will do
everything we can to help so we ask you give them the time to do their work and treat them
with respect.
How to Complain
If you wish to register a complaint, you can do so by contacting our Complaints Department using
the following methods:
By post:
The Complaints Department
HL Partnership Limited
6 Merus Court,
Meridian Business Park,
Leicester,
England,
LE19 1RJ
By email: complaints@hlpartnership.co.uk
By telephone: 03300 552 651
Mobile:
07909 510018
Email:
Post:
10 Church Street,
Leyland,
Lancashire,
PR25 4XE
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