What is the burden on a defendant to mitigate damages pending trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Perez v. Vancouver (City of), 2002 BCSC 1773 (CanLII):
The burden is on the defendant to establish that the plaintiff has failed to make reasonable efforts to mitigate her damages pending trial. Janiak v. Ippolito, supra.
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