What is the test for an award for past loss of income earning capacity?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McCully v Moss, 2019 BCSC 81 (CanLII):
An award for past loss of income earning capacity is intended to compensate the plaintiff for the loss of an asset that is the capacity to earn: Ibbitson v. Cooper, 2012 BCCA 249 [Ibbitson] at para. 18 citing to B.(M.) v. British Columbia, 2003 SCC 53.
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