What is the test for calculating the likelihood of a future loss of income?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Haines v. Shewaga, 2009 BCSC 340 (CanLII):
Speaking for the court in Steward v. Berezan, Mr. Justice Donald stated (at paragraph 17): . . . The claimant bears the onus to prove at trial a substantial possibility of a future event leading to an income loss, and the court must then award compensation on an estimation of the chance that the event will occur . . . .
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