What factors are relevant to the assessment of non-pecuniary damages?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gulati v. Chan, 2015 BCSC 431 (CanLII):

In Stapley v. Hejslet, 2006 BCCA 34, Kirkpatrick J.A. explained some of the factors that are relevant to the assessment of non-pecuniary damages at para. 46:

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