What is the case law on discount rates?

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


The following excerpt is from Dobbin v Alexander Enterprises Limited, 1987 CanLII 3961 (NL CA):

The matter of a discount rate is discussed by Dickson, J., as he then was, in Lewis v. Todd et al., 1980 CanLII 20 (SCC), [1980] 2 S.C.R. 694, at 709; 34 N.R. 1; 115 D.L.R.(3d) 257; 14 C.C.L.T. 294.

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