What are the grounds of appeal against the judge's findings with respect to damages?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jeffrie v. Hendriksen, 2018 NSCA 77 (CanLII):
This ground of appeal challenges the judge’s findings with respect to damages. As set out in Morash v. Purdy, 2011 NSCA 123, we will not interfere unless there was no evidence to support the judge’s award or the judge proceeded on a mistaken or wrong principle of law or the award is inordinately high or low as to be erroneous (¶13). Analysis
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