What is the economic value of providing services provided by a member of one family to the other family?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Yang v Lockhart, 2022 BCSC 32 (CanLII):

Housekeeping and other services provided by family members have economic value, but only those that go above and beyond the usual give-and-take between family members will be compensable as damages: Petes v. Petersen, 2021 BCSC 1838 at para. 162; Dykeman v. Porohowski, 2010 BCCA 36 at paras. 28-30.

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