Is an enforceable settlement agreed to by the parties through their counsel?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hallam v. Ripley, 2014 BCSC 1167 (CanLII):

I am therefore satisfied that an enforceable settlement was agreed to by the parties through their counsel: see Fewer v. Fewer, 2011 BCCA 502 at para. 23, and that the form of order proffered by the claimant accurately reflects the terms of that settlement.

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