What is the standard of proof used by the Court to calculate future losses?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Panghali v. Panghali, 2014 BCSC 647 (CanLII):
The calculation of future losses requires that the court attempt to address the unknowable. In Rosvold v. Dunlop, 2001 BCCA 1 at para. 9, Madam Justice Huddart noted that the standard of proof for evaluating future or hypothetical events is:
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