What are the guiding principles for an award of special damages?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mofazeli v Johnson, 2021 BCSC 1061 (CanLII):
In MacIntosh v. Davison, 2013 BCSC 2264, Justice Davies succinctly summarizes the guiding principles for an award of special damages as follows:
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