What principles are used by the court in assessing future wage loss?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Purewal v. Li, 2016 BCSC 1792 (CanLII):

Mr. Justice Abrioux provided a helpful summary of the principles to be used by the court in assessing future wage loss in Karim v. Li, 2015 BCSC 498 at paras. 148-151. He explained the two possible approaches:

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