What is the impact of an agreement requiring independent legal advice?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from S.M.P. v. M.E.K., 2013 BCSC 145 (CanLII):
Whether a person will require independent legal advice will depend on (1) whether the person has a good grasp of the agreement considering the information obtained and the intellect, and (2) whether there is undue influence impacting their free will: Gold v. Rosenberg, 1997 CanLII 333 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 767.
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