employment reference
Can giving a poor reference come back to haunt you - 10 October 2010
The answer is possibly yes.
Recently a firm of solicitors who gave an employee a poor reference have been found to be liable for not only future loss of earnings but injury to her feelings as well.
In the case of Bullimore v Pothecary Witham Weld, Bullimore had been offered a job by another firm of solicitors Sebastians. That offer of employment was withdrawn due to an unfavourable reference from her previous employer.
The reference itself had referred to Bullimore’s read the full details
