What is the effect of hindsight on an offer of employment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sartori v. Gates, 2011 BCSC 419 (CanLII):
I endorse the following proposition from Lumanlan v. Sadler:[7] … one should be cautious, with the advantage of hindsight, in equating having guessed wrongly with having been unreasonable in rejecting an offer …
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