Is a plaintiff entitled to services that are not available to them?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hollyer v. Gaston, 2016 BCSC 1401 (CanLII):

As well, services that a plaintiff is unlikely to avail themselves of should not be awarded. The assessment of future losses entails a consideration of what will reasonably be required: O’Connell v. Yung, 2012 BCCA 57 at para. 68.

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