Can the contribution of domestic service and health care at the expense of a career and employment income form the basis of unjust enrichment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Verbeke v. Estate of Harold Hirst et al, 2000 BCSC 1387 (CanLII):
It is clear that the contribution of domestic service and health care at the expense of a career and employment income can form the basis of unjust enrichment and found a claim in constructive trust: Peter v. Beblow, 1993 CanLII 126 (SCC), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 980. As McLachlin J. (now C.J.C.) recognized, these services are of great value to the family economy.
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