What are the relevant factors for a non-pecuniary damages award?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Smith v. Both, 2013 BCSC 1995 (CanLII):

Although a non-pecuniary damages award must turn on the circumstances of the case, the following list of relevant factors discussed by Madam Justice Kirkpatrick in Stapley v. Hejslet, 2006 BCCA 34 at para. 46 are helpful to consider:

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