References
The duty to the potential new employer is to produce a true, fair and non-misleading reference. As experienced employment law specialists we are aware that it can be tempting to produce a wonderful reference in order to encourage a certain employee to leave, but this is not a good idea if it leaves you open to being sued by the new employer.
It is an increasingly common employment law practice for employers to give very basic references, limited to stating the employee's dates of employment and their role. Even this may give rise to employment law issues, where the ex-employee has been the subject of any disciplinary action. If you fail to mention this is in the reference then the reference will give the potential new employer a misleading impression.