What are the principles applicable to an award for future care costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Palani v Lin, 2021 BCSC 59 (CanLII):
Mr. Justice Voith (as he then was) conveniently summarized the principles applicable to an award for future care costs in Brewster v. Li, 2013 BCSC 774 at paras. 157–60:
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