Is there any case law supporting the proposition that salaries for professional athletes be fixed for guideline purposes on the basis of their actual earnings?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Steiger v Steiger, 2017 BCSC 1213 (CanLII):

This passage has been held to stand for the proposition that "wherever possible, salaries should be fixed for guideline purposes on the basis of amounts actually earned": Wallace v. Wallace, 2000 BCCA 81 at para. 19.

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