Does the possibility that the respondent may not hire someone to perform the household duties constitute a contingency of which account must be taken?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Reynolds v. M. Sanghera & Sons Trucking Ltd., 2014 BCSC 212 (CanLII):
In sum, the possibility that the respondent may not hire someone to perform the household duties does not constitute a contingency of which account must be taken on the principles set down in Athey v. Leonati, supra. A plaintiff need not prove she will hire someone to perform household tasks in order to be fully compensated for the loss of her ability to do the work herself. 4) She concluded at para. 68:
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