What is the cause of action for unjust enrichment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Krishnan v Jamieson Laboratories Inc., 2021 BCSC 1396 (CanLII):
The cause of action for unjust enrichment is well established in Canadian law. A claimant has a cause of action in unjust enrichment where there has been (1) an enrichment of the defendant, (2) a corresponding deprivation of the plaintiff, and (3) an absence of juristic reason for the enrichment: Garland v. Consumers’ Gas Co., 2004 SCC 25 at para. 30.
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