What is the test for future care in the context of the BCAA?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Vespaziani v Lau, 2021 BCSC 1361 (CanLII):
The test for determining the appropriate award for the future care is objective and must be based on medical evidence. For an award of future care: (1) there must be a medical justification for claims for cost of future care; and, (2) the claims must be reasonable: Milina at 79; and Tsalamandris v. McLeod, 2012 BCCA 239 at paras. 62–63.
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