What is the current state of the law in England and Canada on personal injury damages?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Andel v. Olesky, 1984 CanLII 1336 (AB QB):

This contingency concept has been accepted both in England and in Canada and I refer in particular to the following authorities: – Personal Injury Damages in Canada (supra) at pp. 121–124; – Trache v. Canadian Northern Railway, 1928 CanLII 154 (SK CA), [1929] 1 W.W.R. 100.

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