What is the test for considering unjust enrichment in the context of a claim for equitable enrichment?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Blake v. Wells Estate, 2007 BCCA 617 (CanLII):

This Court in Thomas v. Fenton, 2006 BCCA 229, 57 B.C.L.R. (4th) 204, 269 D.L.R. (4th) 376 held that consideration of unjust enrichment requires a “global analysis of the circumstances of [the] parties” (para. 25).

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