What is the test for setting aside a marriage agreement based on principles of contract law?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from T.A. v B.A. Estate, 2018 BCSC 1273 (CanLII):

In Dilley v. Hall-Dilley, 2006 BCSC 794, D. Smith J., as she then was, considered an argument that a marriage agreement should be set aside based on principles of contract law. D. Smith J. said:

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