When will the court consider damages for loss of future earning capacity?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacKay v. Jhulley, 2015 BCSC 1114 (CanLII):
When determining whether there should be damages for loss of future earning capacity, the court is required to look into the future, which cannot be known with any certainty. Mr. Justice Finch (as he then was) provided some guidance to help determine what factors courts ought to be considered: Brown v. Golaiy at para. 8:
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