What is a reasonable time to weigh an offer on an offer?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brewster v. Li, 2014 BCSC 463 (CanLII):
Finally, in Wright v. Hohenacker, 2009 BCSC 996, Madam Justice Fisher considered that four days was a reasonable time to weigh an offer in circumstances where the parties “were exchanging offers for a week before” (para. 17).
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