What is the test for an order for constructive trust?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Roach v. Dutra, 2009 BCSC 229 (CanLII):

Where the court finds an unjust enrichment, before it makes an order for a constructive trust, it must be satisfied that monetary compensation would be an inadequate remedy, and that there is a link between the services rendered by the plaintiff and the property in which the trust is claimed: Peter v. Beblow at 997.

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