Is it possible to set aside an agreement where the parties have received independent legal advice?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Moses v Metzer, 2016 ONSC 1765 (CanLII):
Where the parties have received independent legal advice, it is difficult to set aside an agreement on this basis, but it may nonetheless be done: Aly, at para. 364, citing Patrick v. Patrick, [2002] O.J. No. 639 (Sup. Ct.).
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