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This book is an essential resource for commercial and banking lawyers, or for anyone who is studying or researching restitution law in Australia. It contains comprehensive extracts of the most significant cases from Australia, England and Canada, preceded by detailed factual analyses. The second edition incorporates a number of important new cases, including the House of Lords decisions in Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Lincoln City Council [1999] 2 AC 349 and Attorney-General v Blake [2000] 3 WLR 625, and the Australian case of Roxborough v v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd (1999) 167 ALR 326. It also contains new sections dealing with practical questions such as pleading a claim in restitution, the bases of a claim for interest and limitation of actions. The book covers the following major subject areas: · History and basis of restitution law · Elements of unjust enrichment · Claims based on mistake · Claims based on necessitous intervention · Claims based on compulsion · Claims arising out of ineffective contracts · Claims by or against public authorities · Claims based on wrongdoing · Defences · Personal and proprietary remedies
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