What is the test for a plaintiff to sue for loss of income?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Block v Bal, 2019 BCSC 1852 (CanLII):
The plaintiff must demonstrate the hypothetical possibility of lost income, either past or prospective, is a real and substantial possibility and not mere speculation: Athey v. Leonati, 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458 at para. 27.
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