{"title":"Unjust Enrichment in Australia 2014","authors":"K. Barker, H. Tait","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3891934","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A digest, summary and commentary upon Australian caselaw developments on the law of Unjust Enrichment and Restitution in the year 2014. Includes analysis of the critical High Court decisions in Australian Financial Services and Leasing Pty v Hills [2014] HCA 14 (recognising for the first time a defence of change of position in Australian law); Stewart v Atco Controls Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 15.(on liquidators' liens) and Lavin v Toppi (on co-surety contribution rights). Also considers Edelman J's influential decision in Lampson v Fortesque Metals Group Ltd (No 3) [2014] WASC 162.","PeriodicalId":129207,"journal":{"name":"Law & Society: Private Law - Contracts eJournal","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Law & Society: Private Law - Contracts eJournal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3891934","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A digest, summary and commentary upon Australian caselaw developments on the law of Unjust Enrichment and Restitution in the year 2014. Includes analysis of the critical High Court decisions in Australian Financial Services and Leasing Pty v Hills [2014] HCA 14 (recognising for the first time a defence of change of position in Australian law); Stewart v Atco Controls Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 15.(on liquidators' liens) and Lavin v Toppi (on co-surety contribution rights). Also considers Edelman J's influential decision in Lampson v Fortesque Metals Group Ltd (No 3) [2014] WASC 162.