What is the test for imputing income on a personal injury basis?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from C.H.T. v. P.V.L., 2015 BCSC 419 (CanLII):

The court in Vincenti v. Vincenti, 2010 BCSC 1283 at para. 35 summarized this principle: The onus is on the party seeking to impute income to show on a balance of probabilities that income should be imputed on a rational and evidentiary basis and there must be evidence to support the amount to be imputed: Windle v. Windle, 2010 BCSC 18 at para. 88.

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