Does a consent judgment constitute a contract between the parties?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wescom v Minetto, 2015 ONSC 5568 (CanLII):
Second, the consent to judgment authorized under section 4 of the settlement agreement made the consent judgment contractual in nature. A consent order or judgment is considered at law to be a contract between the parties: Teitelbaum v. Dyson (2000), 7 C.P.C. (5th) 356.
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