Is a lack of meaningful financial disclosure sufficient to overcome defects in the negotiation process?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dillon v. Dillon, 2014 ONSC 2236 (CanLII):
Ineffective legal advice may not overcome defects in the negotiation process, such as the lack of meaningful financial disclosure, resulting in a party being unable to fully understand the consequences of the agreement. See: Levan v. Levan, supra, at paras. 35 and 62-62.
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