What is the test for claiming special damages as special damages?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hsu v. Williams, 2011 BCSC 1412 (CanLII):

The test for whether expenses claimed as special damages are recoverable is whether the expenses were reasonable: Lee v. McGuire, 2005 BCSC 241 at para. 16.

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