Is a loss of housekeeping capacity justified when the replacement work has been done gratuitously by a family member?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Patterson v Solymosi, 2019 BCSC 1508 (CanLII):
Having said that, the courts have acknowledged that an award for loss of housekeeping capacity may be justified, even where the replacement work has been done gratuitously by a family member: Dykeman v. Porohowski, 2010 BCCA 36 at para. 29.
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