Bank Locked Us In without consent False Imprisonment

EachPenny

ThePants999 wrote: »

OP, your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries.

Mmmmm Reminds me of wine. Bucketfulls of wine.... frothing away. :whistle:

A_Nice_Englishman

Funnily enough, I was made to wait outside a bank a week ago. The member of staff inside the door mouthed 'five minutes' to me through the glass and pointed towards a colleague doing something to one of the machines. Despite me making exaggerated shivering motions to demonstrate how cold it was she refused to open the door. I timed the wait on my phone and it turned out to be SIX minutes and FIFTEEN seconds.

After a crowd of panicky-looking people left, I was able to enter and complete the business I needed to do. I got so cold waiting but wasn't offered a hot drink by bank staff so had to go to Starbucks and buy my own hot chocolate with extra sprinkles.

OP. I wonder if you'd able to share the location of the bank as I'd like to refer to your experience in my complaint, especially if it was the same incident as seems to be the case. Clearly there is a need for customer service training at that branch!

[Deleted User]

LOL are you serious!?

A_Nice_Englishman

!!! wrote: »

LOL are you serious!?

You decide

Twopints

stripeyfox wrote: »

my local pub often used to lock us in after hours.....

Not sure that can be classed as being held against your will...

:beer::beer::beer:

msallen

The next move would appear to be to contact a solicitor, but as they cost money and this is a money saving forum you could try a psychiatrist instead (an NHS one obviously).

Aquamania

emilianozapata wrote: »

... this was a false imprisonment.

Purpose of this post - my understanding is an act of unlawful detention depriving people with mental capacity of their liberty occurred. Does anyone with an advocacy background know the statute for pursuing this?

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Sorry, I have not read all the replies, so am unsure if anyone has answered your query.

Also IANAL

But as I understand it, false imprisonment is an offence in England & Wales contrary to common law.

HTH

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

There’s something about internet banking I like!

Mnd

Read them aquamania, very entertaining

veryintrigued

Can we assume they also took everyones phone such that you were unable to report this 'false imprisonment' at the time?