What constitutes unjust enrichment in the context of human rights cases?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bookman v. U-Haul Co.(Canada) Ltd., 2007 CanLII 37462 (ON SCDC):

Unjust enrichment occurs where there is an enrichment, a corresponding deprivation and absence of any juristic reason for the enrichment. (See Petkus v. Becker 1980 CanLII 22 (SCC), [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834)

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