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Swynson Ltd v Lowick Rose LLP

[2017] UKSC 32
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2017
Statusunclear

Key Principle

A claimant in unjust enrichment must show the enrichment was 'at the expense of' the claimant; where a third party provided the benefit, the claimant must show the third party was acting as the claimant's agent or the payment is attributable to the claimant.

Area of Law

trusts

Related Cases

Thorne v Kennedy (2017) 263 CLR 85
Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 392
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Lux Distributors Pty Ltd [2013] FCAFC 90

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