What is the test for reasonable grounds in a sexual assault case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lancaster v. Compliance Audit Committee et al., 2013 ONSC 7631 (CanLII):
In defining “reasonable grounds,” the Ontario Court of Justice again cited Lyras v. Heaps, supra, at para. 25: . . . the standard to be applied is that of an objective belief based on compelling and credible information which raises the ‘reasonable probability’ of a breach of the statute. The standard of ‘a prima facie case’ in either its permissive or presumptive sense is too high a standard.
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