What are the legal principles for determining loss of earning capacity?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Birrer v Thomas, 2019 BCSC 1642 (CanLII):

Our Court of Appeal summarized the relevant legal principles for determining loss of earning capacity in Grewal v. Naumann, 2017 BCCA 158 at paras. 48 and 49:

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