Promise of employment and then "sorry for you"

[IanF]

With a user name of HP10bii I assume you are an accountant.

It looks like there is politics in this so I would get the Head of the New Division to sort this out, if he really needs you he should be able to get this approved.
I can not answer about a possible claim. But rather approach it from a POV of wanting the job instead of suing them for breach of promise.

[Hp10Bii]

Hi Ian

Thanks for the reply, however the HR department stated on the day that they informed the recruitment agency of not going ahead that they have appointed another candidate which came for an interview with them on that day. I can only speculate that it was a contact of someone at the HR department, who could bypass the testing phase of the interview as well.
When I spoke to the Head of the new Division he stated that "these things happen" and that his hands were tied.