Is the May 19 Agreement unenforceable under common law contract?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Xie v. Yuan, 2016 BCCA 238 (CanLII):

The Wife claimed that the May 19 Agreement was unconscionable and therefore unenforceable under the common law of contract. A similar submission was made in Rick v. Brandsema, 2009 SCC 10.

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