What is the law on general or non-pecuniary damages?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Visser v Cheema, 2020 BCSC 1098 (CanLII):
In Hartnett v. Leischner, 2008 BCSC 1589, [2008] B.C.J. 2242, Russell J. provides a helpful summary of the law with respect to general or non-pecuniary damages:
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