Can domestic services be ground to a claim for unjust enrichment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Schultz v. Landry, 2007 BCSC 994 (CanLII):
The principle that domestic services may ground a claim for unjust enrichment is well-established in Canadian law: see especially the discussion in Peter v. Beblow, 1993 CanLII 126 (SCC), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 980, 77 B.C.L.R. (2d) 1. However, the rendering of domestic services itself does not per se entitle a claimant to a proprietary interest in property. A party must demonstrate, both that there has been unjust enrichment and that a monetary remedy would be inadequate: Peter v. Beblow, supra, at ¶ 3, per McLachlin J.
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