What is the test for calculating non-pecuniary damages in a personal injury case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pang v Burns, 2020 BCSC 356 (CanLII):

Other cases can provide a rough guide for calculating non-pecuniary damages, but each case is unique and depends on its own facts: Trites v. Penner, 2010 BCSC 882 at para. 189.

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