Restitution for wrongful acts

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Restitution for wrongful acts

Published by a 亚洲色情网 Dispute Resolution expert

Practice notes
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As summarised in: Restitution and unjust enrichment鈥攐verview, restitution is concerned with reversing one party鈥檚 unfair or unjust benefit obtained at the expense of another party.

Practice Note: Restitution for unjust enrichment鈥攅lements of the claim sets out the key Requirements when bringing a claim for unjust enrichment. It is not a prerequisite to a claim for unjust enrichment that the defendant must have acted in a wrongful way, but that their Retention of the gain they have obtained at the claimant鈥檚 expense is unjust. This may be, eg, where the claimant mistakenly made a payment to the defendant through no wrongful act on the part of the defendant.

Practice Note: Defences to restitutionary claims includes, among available defences, the defence that the defendant has changed their position as a result of the enrichment or that the defendant is a bona fide purchaser for good value, itself having given good consideration for that which it has received, even if this has been at the claimant鈥檚 expense.

However, there are other claims for restitution which are predicated on some element of

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A DCO should include 鈥淩equirements鈥 to which the development authorised by the DCO is to be subject. Similar to planning conditions, a requirement specifies the matters for which detailed approval needs to be obtained before the development can be lawfully begin.

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