In what circumstances will a plaintiff be able to prove that she will continue to be unable to perform all her usual household work?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Clemas v. Gabrlik, 2013 BCSC 1412 (CanLII):

In Jones v. Davenport, 2008 BCSC 18, Mr. Justice Halfyard stated, at para. 92, that the plaintiff must: …establish a real and substantial possibility that she will continue in the future to be unable to perform all of her usual and necessary household work. It would also need to be shown that the work that she will not be able to do, will require her to pay someone else to do, or will require others to do it for her gratuitously.

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