What is the test for claiming that a party was compelled to enter into an agreement under duress?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cullen v. LPI Level Platforms Inc., 2014 HRTO 910 (CanLII):
As I wrote in Wedderburn v. Air Liquide Canada, 2010 HRTO 691 at para. 20, where “duress” is put forward as the reason not to give effect to an agreement, the party claiming duress is really stating that he or she was compelled to enter into the agreement against his or her own free will.
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