What is the legal test for damages for dislocation and loss of profit under a tortfeasor's contract?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Archibald , Galon and John Galon Insurance Services Ltd. v. Regina, City of, 1983 CanLII 2024 (SK QB):
Speaking of compensation under this heading Locke, J., said in Drew v. The Queen, 1961 CanLII 76 (SCC), 29 D.L.R.(2d) 114, at 124: The allowance made in respect of the dislocation of any business carried on and the loss of profit in the interval before it can be established elsewhere is, of necessity, in the nature of unliquidated damages and, except in very rare circumstances, cannot be determined with complete accuracy.
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