What is the test for unjust enrichment and deprivation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pinsonneault v Courtney, 2019 BCSC 495 (CanLII):
As for unjust enrichment, the plaintiff must establish: “(a) that the defendant was enriched; (b) that the plaintiff suffered a corresponding deprivation; and (c) that the defendant’s enrichment and the plaintiff’s corresponding deprivation occurred in the absence of a juristic reason”, Moore v. Sweet, 2018 SCC 52 at para. 37.
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