Can a consent order be varied on the basis that the consent order is a contract?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ruffudeen-Coutts v. Coutts, 2012 ONSC 6438 (CanLII):
The parties are in agreement that a consent order is a contract and can only be varied on a ground which would invalidate a contract (see Chitel v. Rothbart, (1984) 432 CPC 217 (ONHCJ) at para. 25).
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