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Swynson Ltd v Lowick Rose LLP

[2017] UKSC 32
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK Supreme Court
Year2017
StatusBinding authority

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

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