If there is enrichment and a corresponding deprivation, does the court have to determine whether there was a juristic reason?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Kauwell v. Melnyk, 2007 BCSC 485 (CanLII):

Even if there is enrichment and a corresponding deprivation, the court must still determine whether there was an absence of a juristic reason, namely whether the enrichment is unjust (see Thomas v. Fenton, supra at para. 19).

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