What is the test for determining whether a person can claim damages for loss of income due to the loss of employment benefits?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Yang v Lockhart, 2022 BCSC 32 (CanLII):

However, as observed by Justice Skolrood in Andreas v. Vu, 2020 BCSC 1144 at para. 92, there is a preliminary question that must be addressed in this regard: whether the loss is more properly considered pecuniary or non-pecuniary in the circumstances of this case. He explained:

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