Jackson v Liverpool City Council - reference was true, accurate, and in the circumstances not unfair
If an ex-employer provides a reference for an ex-employee he is under a duty to ensure that it is true, accurate, and fair. Fairness relates to nuances that could be drawn from what is said rather than any notion of the ex-employee having a mechanism to challenge the reference, and it will very much depend on the circumstances of an individual case.
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