Is a child entitled to compensation for the loss of guidance, companionship and care and training that she would have received from her mother?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Panghali v. Panghali, 2014 BCSC 647 (CanLII):
The child is entitled to compensation for the loss of guidance, companionship, care and training that she would have received from her mother: Plant. The award under this head is pecuniary; it is “not a non-pecuniary award by way of solace as in awards for pain and suffering in personal injury cases”: Bjornson v. McDonald et al, 2005 BCSC 765 at para. 29. The award is meant to replace a pecuniary loss that the child suffers because of the loss of care, guidance and affection.
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