The second ground of appeal challenges the award of damages. That too is an area where the trial judge is entitled to great deference. In Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd., 1978 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 229 (S.C.C.) Dickson J. as he then was said: ... no appellate court is justified in substituting a figure of its own for that awarded at trial simply because it would have awarded a different figure if it had tried the case at first instance. It must be satisfied that a wrong principle of law was applied, or that the overall amount is a wholly erroneous estimate of the damage. I am unable to conclude that the trial judge in this case erred in principle or awarded an unreasonable sum.
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