What are the principles of a general damages award?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from LaRocque v LaRocque, 2019 BCSC 655 (CanLII):
In Pololos v. Cinnamon-Lopez, 2016 BCSC 81 at para. 105, Mr. Justice Voith set out the principles underlying a general damages award, as follows:
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