Is there any case law or case law supporting an award for loss of earning capacity?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Singh v. Clay, 2011 BCSC 1172 (CanLII):

The defendant says there should be no award made for loss of earning capacity as any such loss is entirely speculative: Perren v. Lalari, 2010 BCCA 140.

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