Man sues HSBC Life over wrong 2002 ‘involuntary resignation’ record, but loses defamation claim
Prudential wanted the man full-time but he did not want to leave his part-time MBS job: High Court
A man named Chua Kim Chuan sued his former employer, AXA Insurance, which is now known as HSBC Life, after an inaccurate employment report led to a negative reference check for a prospective job. Chua claimed that the statement, "failed to complete fit and proper exercise," was defamatory, but the High Court ruled that he had not proven the inaccurate reference cost him the job opportunity at Prudential.
The court found that HSBC Life was negligent for providing the employment report with errors, but Chua did not establish that the reference caused his job loss.
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