Can a court set aside an agreement where a party does not fully disclose their assets?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bandpey v Talebpourazad, 2021 BCSC 763 (CanLII):

A court may set aside an agreement because it is unconscionable if a party does not fully disclose assets, as discussed at paras. 47–49 of Rick v. Brandsema, 2009 SCC 10:

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