What are the legal principles regarding loss of earning capacity?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sweeney v Yu, 2021 BCSC 2133 (CanLII):

The legal principles regarding loss of earning capacity are well-settled and well summarized by Justice Adair in McPhail v. Ross, 2019 BCSC 21 at paras. 140-141:

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