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The modern law of unjust enrichment and restitutiuon (Record no. 20178)

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Personal name McMeel Gerard
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Title The modern law of unjust enrichment and restitutiuon
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2003
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Formatted contents note Table Of Contents:<br/>Preface xiii<br/>Table of Cases xvii<br/>Table of Statutes xxxi<br/>Table of Secondary Legislation xxxv<br/>Abbreviations of the Principal Works Cited xxxvii<br/><br/><br/><br/>PART A : FOUNDATIONS<br/>1. Unjust Enrichment and Restitution 3<br/> 1.1 Restitution in the map of the law<br/> 1.2 The structure of the unjust enrichment enquiry<br/> 1.3 Pervasive themes<br/> 1.4 Enrichment<br/> 2. The Legacy of History: Restitutionary Techniques <br/> at Common Law and in Equity 25<br/> 2.1 Theoretical foundations<br/> 2.2 Historical foundations<br/> 2.3 In personam and in rem<br/> 2.4 Common law and equity<br/> 2.5 Quasi-contract <br/> 2.6 Rescission<br/> 2.7 Tracing and claiming<br/> 2.8 Conclusion<br/>PART B - DEFECTIVE TRANSFERS<br/>3. Mistake 43<br/> 3.1 Theoretical foundations<br/> 3.2 Mistake and ignorance<br/> 3.3 Fact and law<br/> 3.4 The ground for restitution<br/> 3.5 Restrictions on recovery<br/> 3.6 Special problems of mistake of law<br/> 3.7 Contributory negligence<br/> 3.8 Non-money benefits<br/> 3.9 Practical issues<br/> 4. Rescission for Misrepresentation and Mistake 74<br/> 4.1 Introduction<br/> 4.2 What is an actionable misrepresentation?<br/> 4.3 Rescission and indemnity<br/> 4.4 Limits to the right to rescind<br/> 4.5 Section 2(2) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967<br/> 4.6 Rescission for mistake<br/> 5. Ignorance 81<br/> 5.1 Theoretical foundations<br/> 5.2 Birks's thesis: ignorance as a ground for restitution<br/> 5.3 Supporters and detractors<br/> 5.4 Conclusions<br/> 6. Duress 88<br/> 6.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 6.2 The ingredients of duress <br/> 6.3 The traditional categories <br/> 6.4 The recognition of economic duress<br/> 6.5 Lawful act duress <br/> 6.6 Submission to an honest claim <br/> 6.7 Nature and limits of relief<br/> 7. Undue Influence 100<br/> 7.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 7.2 The categories of undue influence<br/> 7.3 The impact of undue influence upon a transaction <br/> 7.4 Manifest disadvantage <br/> 7.5 Rebutting the presumption <br/> 7.6 Third party rights<br/> 7.7 Consequences<br/> 8. Inequality and Unconscionability 108<br/> 8.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 8.2 Inequality of bargaining power?<br/> 8.3 Expectant heirs <br/> 8.4 Poor and ignorant persons <br/> 8.5 Mental disadvantage <br/> 8.6 Consequences and practical issues<br/> 9. Necessitous Intervention 114<br/> 9.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 9.2 Maritime salvage <br/> 9.3 Agency of necessity <br/> 9.4 Bailment <br/> 9.5 Burial cases <br/> 9.6 Care for the mentally incompetent <br/> 9.7 Equitable analogies<br/>PART C - INEFFECTIVE TRANSACTIONS<br/>10. Contracts Discharged by Termination for Breach 123<br/> 10.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 10.2 The nature of termination for breach <br/> 10.3 Contractual rights to repayment <br/> 10.4 Recovery against a non-party? <br/> 10.5 The requirement of total failure <br/> 10.6 Recovery of money by the innocent party <br/> 10.7 Non-money claims by an innocent party <br/> 10.8 Recovery of money by the party in breach <br/> 10.9 Recovery of non-money benefits by the party in breach <br/> 10.10 The future? <br/> 11. Contracts Discharged by Frustration 156 <br/> 11.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 11.2 Inadequacies of the common law <br/> 11.3 The scope of the 1943 Act and the primacy of contract <br/> 11.4 Money claims under the 1943 Act <br/> 11.5 Non-money claims under the 1943 Act <br/> 11.6 Post-discharge events <br/> 11.7 Practical issues <br/> 12. Void and Unenforceable Contracts 170 <br/> 12.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 12.2 Void contracts and money claims <br/> 12.3 Void contracts and non-money claims <br/> 12.4 The 'swaps' litigation <br/> 12.5 Unenforceable contracts <br/> 12.6 Unauthorised conduct of insurance business <br/> 13. Illegality and Public Policy as Grounds for Restitution 199 <br/> 13.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 13.2 The contractual rules <br/> 13.3 Repentance as a ground for restitution <br/> 13.4 Where the parties are not equally responsible for the illegality <br/> 13.5 Policy-motivated restitution <br/> 14. Anticipated Contracts That Do Not Materialise 207 <br/> 14.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 14.2 The negotiation process <br/> 14.3 Risk analysis <br/> 14.4 Enrichment <br/> 14.5 Fault <br/> 14.6 The ground for restitution <br/> 15. Free Acceptance 217 <br/> 15.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 15.2 The principles and the authorities <br/> 15.3 Free acceptance and unconscientious receipt <br/> 16. Resulting Trusts 224 <br/> 16.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 16.2 Orthodox resulting trust analysis <br/> 16.3 Lord Millett and resulting trusts <br/> 16.4 The Chambers thesis<br/>PART D - RESTITUTION AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES<br/>17. Claims Against Public Authorities: The Woolwich Principle 233 <br/> 17.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 17.2 The Woolwich case <br/> 17.3 Limitations on the Woolwich principle <br/> 17.4 The ground for restitution <br/> 18. Restitution Claims by Public Authorities 240<br/>PART E - COMPLEX ENTITLEMENTS AND LIABILITIES<br/>19. Complex Entitlements 245 <br/> 19.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 19.2 Six questions distinguished <br/> 19.3 The bailee's right of action <br/> 19.4 The insured bailee <br/> 19.5 Indemnity insurance: subrogation and related <br/> actions <br/> 19.6 Rights of suit in respect of goods carried by sea <br/> 19.7 Employers' rights of suit in construction contracts <br/> 19.8 The insured vendor of real property <br/> 19.9 Conclusionrestitution <br/> 20. Complex Liabilities: Recovery from a Party Primarily <br/> Liable 264 <br/> 20.1 Introduction <br/> 20.2 Legal compulsion and the action for money paid <br/> 20.3 The discharge of debts <br/> 20.4 The principle of primary or ultimate liability <br/> 20.5 Recoupment and leasehold interests <br/> 20.6 Other illustrations of the principle <br/> 20.7 Officiousness and Owen v Tate <br/> 20.8 Common interest in property restitution <br/> 20.9 The discharge of debts revisited restitution <br/> 21. Complex Liabilities: Recovery from a Party with <br/> whom liability is shared 272 <br/> 21.1 Introduction <br/> 21.2 Liability in debt: the co-surety cases <br/> 21.3 The scope of the 1978 Act <br/> 21.4 Claims under the 1978 Act <br/> 21.5 Double insurance and contribution <br/> 22. Subrogation 281<br/> 22.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 22.2 The distinction between simple and reviving <br/> subrogation <br/> 22.3 Reviving subrogation and claims by sureties <br/> 22.4 Simple subrogation and indemnity insurance <br/> 22.5 Valid loans and subrogation <br/> 22.6 Invalid loans and subrogation <br/> 22.7 Bankers' rights of subrogation<br/>PART F - ENRICHMENT BY WRONGDOING<br/>23. Breach of Fiduciary Duty 309 <br/> 23.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 23.2 Who is a fiduciary? <br/> 23.3 The obligations of the fiduciary <br/> 23.4 Remedies for breach <br/> 23.5 Diversion of opportunity <br/> 23.6 Corporate opportunity doctrine <br/> 23.7 Bribes and secret commissions <br/> 23.8 Practical issues <br/> 24. Breach of Confidence 320 <br/> 24.1 Introduction <br/> 24.2 Remedies for breach of confidence <br/> 25. Restitutionary Damages for Tortious Wrongdoing 324 <br/> 25.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 25.2 From waiver of tort to restitutionary damages <br/> 25.3 Waiver of tort - advantages? <br/> 25.4 Trespass to land <br/> 25.5 Wrongful interference with goods <br/> 25.6 Nuisance <br/> 25.7 Deceit, passing off and injurious falsehood <br/> 25.8 Economic torts <br/> 25.9 Intellectual property torts <br/> 25.10 Miscellaneous torts <br/> 25.11 Election: cumulative and alternative remedies <br/> 26. Restitutionary Damages for Breach of Contract 347 <br/> 26.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 26.2 Orthodoxy and its defenders <br/> 26.3 Judicial recognition <br/> 26.4 Breach of fiduciary duty <br/> 26.5 Property and damages in lieu of an injunction <br/> 26.6 Skimped performance <br/> 26.7 Conclusion<br/>PART G - TRACING, CLAIMING AND PROPRIETARY RESTITUTION<br/>27. Tracing and Claiming at Common Law 359 <br/> 27.1 Introduction <br/> 27.2 The early cases <br/> 27.3 The prospect of fusion <br/> 27.4 Marginalisation? <br/> 27.5 Continuing relevance? <br/> 27.6 What is the ground for restitution? <br/> 27.7 Conclusion <br/> 28. Tracing in Equity 369 <br/> 28.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 28.2 The basic concepts introduced <br/> 28.3 Victorian development and In re Diplock <br/> 28.4 The lowest intermediate balance rule <br/> 28.5 Modern evasion of Clayton's case <br/> 28.6 Tracing profits <br/> 28.7 Swollen assets <br/> 28.8 Conclusion: fusion of law and equity? <br/> 29. Personal Claims in Equity 385 <br/> 29.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 29.2 The ingredients of the receipt-based claim <br/> 29.3 The categories of knowledge <br/> 29.4 Knowledge in the corporate context <br/> 29.5 Knowing receipt and the dissipation of corporate assets <br/> 29.6 Dishonest accessory liability <br/> 29.7 Practical issues <br/> 29.8 Conclusion <br/> 30. Proprietary Claims in Equity 397 <br/> 30.1 Introduction <br/> 30.2 The philosophy of insolvency law <br/> 30.3 The proprietary remedies introduced <br/> 30.4 Claiming after tracing <br/> 30.5 Claiming profits <br/> 30.6 Retention of title clauses <br/> 30.7 Proprietary claims in cases of subtractive unjust enrichment <br/> 30.8 Restitution for wrongs and constructive trusts <br/> 30.9 Complex entitlements and proprietary restitutionary claims <br/> 30.10 Conclusion<br/>PART H - DEFENCES<br/>31. Good Faith Purchase 419 <br/> 31.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 31.2 History and different manifestations of wealth <br/> 31.3 Money as currency <br/> 31.4 Mistaken payments and good faith purchase <br/> 31.5 Equitable claims <br/> 31.6 Related issues <br/> 31.7 Practical issues <br/> 32. Change of Position, Estoppel and Ministerial Receipt 426 <br/> 32.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 32.2 The recognition of change of position <br/> 32.3 Case law after Lipkin Gorman <br/> 32.4 Reinterpretation of authority <br/> 32.5 Academic analysis of change of position <br/> 32.6 The agent's defence of ministerial receipt <br/> 32.7 Practical issues <br/> 33. Compromise and Submission to an Honest Claim 443 <br/> 33.1 Theoretical foundations <br/> 33.2 Mistaken payments <br/> 33.3 Duress and ultra vires demands <br/> 34. Passing On 448 <br/> 34.1 Introduction <br/> 34.2 The taxation cases <br/> 34.3 Private transactions <br/> 34.4 Conclusion <br/> 35. Illegality and Public Policy as Defences 452 <br/> 35.1 Introduction <br/> 35.2 The scope of the prohibition of restitutionary claims <br/> 35.3 Restitution prohibited if it is tantamount <br/> to contractual enforcement <br/> 35.4 Proprietary claims under illegal transactions <br/> 35.5 Public policy precluding a restitutionary claim <br/> 36. Limitation 461 <br/> 36.1 Introduction <br/> 36.2 The scheme of the Act <br/> 36.3 Equitable claims and laches <br/> 36.4 Reform<br/>PART I - PRACTICAL MATTERS<br/> 37. Conflict of Laws 469 <br/> 37.1 Introduction <br/> 37.2 Jurisdiction in non-Brussels Convention cases <br/> 37.3 Jurisdiction under the Brussels Convention <br/> 37.4 Jurisdiction under the Modified Convention <br/> 37.5 Choice of law <br/> 38. Interest 478 <br/> 38.1 Introduction <br/> 38.2 The Westdeutsche case in the House of Lords: <br/> simple or compound interest? <br/> 38.3 Statutory awards of interest <br/> 39. Practice and Procedure 484 <br/> 39.1 Introduction <br/> 39.2 Pre-emptive justice <br/> 39.3 Accelerated justice <br/> 39.4 Obtaining evidence <br/> 39.5 Misfeasance proceedings and insolvent companies <br/> 40. Drafting Statements of Case 493 <br/> 40.1 Introduction <br/> 40.2 Historical background <br/> 40.3 The structure of the unjust enrichment enquiry <br/> 40.4 Mistaken payments <br/> 40.5 Matters that need to be specifically pleaded <br/> <br/> Index 499
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Topical term or geographic name entry element 1. Contract Law 2. Transactional Law3. Law of Restitution 4. Quasi Contract - Unjust Enrichment - Commentary
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