diff --git a/backend/templates/complaint/CDOGS-HWCR-COMPLAINT-TEMPLATE-v1.docx b/backend/templates/complaint/CDOGS-HWCR-COMPLAINT-TEMPLATE-v1.docx
index c36afd283..1aed3eb39 100644
Binary files a/backend/templates/complaint/CDOGS-HWCR-COMPLAINT-TEMPLATE-v1.docx and b/backend/templates/complaint/CDOGS-HWCR-COMPLAINT-TEMPLATE-v1.docx differ
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/containers/complaints/details/linked-complaint-list.tsx b/frontend/src/app/components/containers/complaints/details/linked-complaint-list.tsx
index ee3e56cc5..9c5d9d126 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/containers/complaints/details/linked-complaint-list.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/containers/complaints/details/linked-complaint-list.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const LinkedComplaintList: FC<Props> = ({ linkedComplaintData }) => {
   return (
     <div className="comp-complaint-details-block">
       <div>
-        <h2>Linked complaints</h2>
+        <h2>Duplicate complaints</h2>
       </div>
       <div>
         {linkedComplaintData.map((data, index) => (
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/containers/complaints/outcomes/hwcr-complaint-assessment.tsx b/frontend/src/app/components/containers/complaints/outcomes/hwcr-complaint-assessment.tsx
index cf15f1b48..e3c6015f1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/containers/complaints/outcomes/hwcr-complaint-assessment.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/containers/complaints/outcomes/hwcr-complaint-assessment.tsx
@@ -503,9 +503,6 @@ export const HWCRComplaintAssessment: FC<Props> = ({
       } else if (selectedLinkedComplaint.value === id) {
         setLinkedComplaintErrorMessage("Linked complaint cannot be the same as the current complaint.");
         return true;
-      } else if (selectedLinkedComplaintStatus !== "OPEN") {
-        setLinkedComplaintErrorMessage("Linked complaint must be open");
-        return true;
       }
 
       if (!validationResults.canQuickCloseComplaint) {