What is the test for determining the appropriate award for past loss of earning capacity?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boyetchko v Mentias, 2021 BCSC 172 (CanLII):
In Karim v. Li, 2015 BCSC 498 at paras. 130–133, Justice Abrioux, as he then was, discussed the purpose and framework for determining the appropriate award for past loss of earning capacity, and the task for awarding compensation for any pecuniary loss resulting from an inability to work.
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