What is the test for a plaintiff to have a claim advanced for unjust enrichment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from PoCo Building Supplies v. Borysiak, 2003 BCSC 1471 (CanLII):
Alternatively, the claim of the plaintiff is advanced for unjust enrichment. In Pettkus v. Becker, 1980 CanLII 22 (SCC), [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834, three circumstances were referred to by Dickson, J. as giving rise to a remedy for unjust enrichment, namely: 1. Enrichment to the defendant; 2. A corresponding deprivation of the plaintiff; and 3. The absence of any juristic reason for the enrichment.
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