What are the elements of unjust enrichment in the context of an action brought by a plaintiff against her former employer?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from Robinson v. Saskatoon (City), 2010 SKQB 98 (CanLII):

The elements of unjust enrichment are well established. They are set out, for example, in para. 30 of Garland v. Consumers’ Gas Co., [2004] 1 S.C.R. 629, 2004 SCC 25: 30 ... The cause of action has three elements: (1) an enrichment of the defendant, (2) a corresponding deprivation of the plaintiff, and (3) an absence of juristic reason for the enrichment ....

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