He asks me to assess this loss using the loss of a capital asset approach. As stated in Dabu v. Schwab, 2016 BCSC 613 at para. 72, the capital asset approach is typically used where a plaintiff has no clear earnings history and involves some of the considerations which I have set out above. The other way to measure loss of future earning capacity is using the earnings approach. The earnings approach is more useful in instances where a plaintiff has some earnings history or the court can reasonably estimate what the plaintiff’s future earnings would be.
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