What is the test for reducing damages for a failure to mitigate?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cripps v. Overend, 2010 BCSC 1779 (CanLII):
The court must reduce damages based on its assessment of the consequences that flow from the failure to mitigate: Tayler v. Loney, 2009 BCSC 742.
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