When will a court award non-pecuniary damages?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Senner v GE Canada Leasing Services Company, 2017 BCSC 1939 (CanLII):

When determining non-pecuniary damages, the court considers those factors set out in Stapley v. Hejslet, 2006 BCCA 34. Those non-exhaustive factors which influence an award of non-pecuniary damages include:

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