When assessing damages for the lost chance of a sporting or other speculative career, the value should be assessed generally rather than by precise mathematical calculation based on assumptions built upon assumptions. Expert accountant schedules that produce precise figures from speculative hypotheses may beguile the reader into thinking they offer certainty which they do not. Future economic loss must be assessed by reference to diminished earning capacity as it will manifest in actual loss from the injury, not by comparing average male wages with actual earnings where those earnings are depressed by factors unrelated to the injury.
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