What is the current state of the law in England and Wales with respect to the doctrine of "no" reasoning?

Yukon, Canada


The following excerpt is from Matthews v. Matthews, 2007 YKSC 11 (CanLII):

In this Court, in Sewell v. Grant, 2005 YKSC 39, Gower J. favoured the "no discretion" reasoning in stating at paragraph 39: "It is difficult to reconcile the concept of having a "right" to variation with the prospect of having that right undermined by the exercise of discretion."

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