What is the current state of the law on damages for loss of future earning capacity?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Campbell v Peter Kiewit Infrastructure Co., 2020 BCSC 805 (CanLII):

In Hoy v. Williams, 2014 BCSC 234, Justice Kent summarized the two approaches that are used to assess damages for loss of future earning capacity:

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