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  • Date:
    23 March 2011
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Care worker wins sex discrimination claim over failure to provide references

    In this case, the industrial tribunal in Northern Ireland ordered a care worker's former employer to pay her £9,500 for sex discrimination after it failed to provide her with a reference.

  • Type:
    Training

    References quiz - line manager training

    A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on providing and requesting references.

  • Date:
    1 November 2010
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Annabel Mackay, managing associate at Addleshaw Goddard, detail the latest rulings.

  • Date:
    1 May 2010
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Richard Ryan, associate, Helen Ward, associate, and Tori O'Neil, trainee solicitor, Addleshaw Goddard, detail the latest rulings.

  • Date:
    10 January 2006
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up: References

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering references.

  • Date:
    1 February 2002
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Legal & General Assurance Ltd v Kirk

    In Legal & General Assurance Ltd v Kirk [2002] IRLR 124 CA, the Court of Appeal held that a case based on negligent misstatement must involve a statement, such as a reference, to a third party. It ruled that the duty to take reasonable care in preparing references does not extend to cover a situation in which no negligent reference has in fact been given.

  • Date:
    1 July 2001
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    References: Reference giver's duty of care where employee left while suspected of dishonesty

    In Cox v Sun Alliance Life Ltd, the Court of Appeal holds that an employer was, through one of its employees, in breach of its duty to take reasonable care to provide an accurate and fair reference for a former employee, who resigned before the employer had completed pending disciplinary proceedings involving investigations into allegations of misconduct.

  • Type:
    FAQs

    How should an employer approach providing a reference where the employment ended during unresolved disciplinary proceedings?

  • Date:
    1 May 2000
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Kidd v Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc and another

    In Kidd v Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc and another [2000] IRLR 301 HC, the High Court held that the duty of care in respect of the provision of references extends to taking reasonable care not to give misleading information.

  • Date:
    15 July 1999
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    References: No breach of duty of care in giving reference mentioning unproven misconduct charge

    An employer did not act in breach of its common law duty of care in providing a reference for a former employee which stated that, when he had taken voluntary severance, he was suspended from work because of a charge of gross misconduct, but that disciplinary proceedings had lapsed automatically when his employment terminated, holds the Court of Appeal in Bartholomew v London Borough of Hackney.