What is the test for quantifying loss of future earning capacity?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tahamtanzadeh v Borsboom, 2021 BCSC 1059 (CanLII):
Loss of future earning capacity can be quantified on an earnings approach or a capital asset approach (Perren v. Lalari, 2010 BCCA 140, at para. 32). The earnings approach is generally appropriate where the loss is more easily measured, such as where the plaintiff has some earnings history or where the court can otherwise reasonably estimate what the plaintiff’s likely future earning capacity will be. The capital asset approach is not restricted to cases where the plaintiff has no clear earnings history. It is more appropriate than the earnings approach in any case where the loss, though proven, is not measurable in a pecuniary way (Hosseinzadeh v. Leung, 2014 BCSC 2260, at paras. 126-127).
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