What is the test for a court to approve a settlement agreement?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jones v. Zimmer GMBH, 2016 BCSC 1847 (CanLII):
A court should be careful not to reject a settlement and suggest that if certain changes were made it would be approved because the parties may have gone to their limits in negotiations and an attempt to re-open a settlement may cause it to unravel. (Semple v. Canada (Attorney General), 2006 MBQB 285 at para. 26)
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