Institutional defendants in applications to set aside historical child abuse settlement agreements cannot rely on a 'two-step' process or require 'compelling and cogent reasons'; the sole question is whether setting aside is 'just and reasonable', and the court will take into account that the settlement was entered into in the context of legal barriers subsequently removed by Parliament.
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