What is the test for accepting an offer to settle an allegation of sexual assault?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Park v. Targonski, 2016 BCSC 31 (CanLII):
As explained in C.P., at para. 97, the inquiry has both a subjective and objective component. The court is obliged to consider the matter from the perspective of the person receiving the offer and may take into account the reasons why that person declined to accept the offer to settle. The court must then consider whether those reasons are objectively reasonable: see also on this point Ward v. Klaus, 2012 BCSC 99 at para. 36.
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