The court confirmed that in approving compromises involving persons under disability, the basic question is whether the compromise is for the benefit of the disabled person, and that the court should be slow to disagree with independent counsel's opinion. The court also identified that under RSC O 66 r 1 and O 1 r 4B(1), costs capping orders are available in Inheritance Act proceedings to prevent the in terrorem effect of costs on small estates, and encouraged practitioners to make such applications. Family comity and tranquillity are relevant considerations even where they have no direct financial impact on the infant plaintiffs.
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