What is the test for approval of an amendment to an already approved settlement?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kidd v. The Canada Life Assurance Company, 2014 ONSC 457 (CanLII):
In considering whether to approve an amendment to an already approved settlement, the amendment must be all of substantively, procedurally, institutionally, and circumstantially fair: Kidd v. Canada Life Assurance Company, supra.
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