What is the test for unjust enrichment in the law of constructive trust?

Yukon, Canada


The following excerpt is from Daws v. Buckler, 2003 YKSC 60 (CanLII):

The law of constructive trust is based upon the equitable concept of unjust enrichment. As stated in Peter v. Beblow, 1993 CanLII 126 (SCC), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 980, para. 3, an action for unjust enrichment requires three elements: 1. an enrichment; 2. a corresponding deprivation; and 3. the absence of a juristic reason for the enrichment.

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