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MacDonald Dickens & Macklin v Costello

MacDonald Dickens & Macklin v Costello [2011] EWCA Civ 930; [2012] QB 244
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2012
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A claimant who has rendered services under a contract with a third party (typically a company) cannot generally recover in unjust enrichment against another person who benefited from those services, because to allow the claim would undermine and circumvent the contractual allocation of risk the parties chose.

Area of Law

General

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