What is the current law on "reasonableness" and "fairness" of a contract?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Finch v. Finch, 2001 BCSC 125 (CanLII):
The current law is that both the “reasonableness” and the “fairness” of the contract must be determined by the circumstances existing at the time the contract was entered into. See Ewachnicuk v. Mander, [1991] B.C.J. No.4018 (Q.L.)(S.C.)(Master) and the Legal Profession Act, s.68(5).
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