What is the test for compensation for loss of income?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cook v. Symons, 2014 BCSC 1781 (CanLII):
Since Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd., 1978 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 229, it has been acknowledged that, technically speaking, it is not the loss of earnings for which compensation is being made; rather, it is for loss or impairment of a capital asset, namely, the plaintiff’s capacity to earn income.
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