What is the test for quantifying future pecuniary losses?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lal v Singh, 2021 BCSC 2378 (CanLII):
The courts have made it clear that a reasoned approach to quantifying a future pecuniary loss, taking into account the specific facts of the case and informed by statistical or economic evidence where available, is required, and that an award cannot simply be “at large”. As noted in Pelley v. Frederickson, 2021 BCSC 82 at para. 106 [Pelley]:
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