Is there any case law where a claimant is not required to provide services to the recipient by virtue of their employment contract?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sherbeth v Sherbeth, 2007 MBQB 50 (CanLII):
[32] In Peter v. Beblow, supra, Cory J. said at p. 358: When a claimant is under no obligation, contractual, statutory, or otherwise, to provide the work and services to the recipient, there will be an absence of juristic reasons for the enrichment…
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