How is quantifying loss of income earning capacity quantified?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sweeney v Yu, 2021 BCSC 2133 (CanLII):

In Smith v. Fremlin, 2014 BCCA 253 Justice Willcock, speaking for the court, described the approach to quantifying a loss of income earning capacity as follows:

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