When will a court award damages for psychological or psychiatric harm?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Albayate v. Bank of Montreal, 2015 BCSC 695 (CanLII):
In Kotai v. The Queen of the North (Ship), 2009 BCSC 1405, the court reviewed the law as to when a court will award damages for psychological or psychiatric harm and concluded at para. 69:
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