From: Jason W Neyers <jneyers@uwo.ca>

Sent: Wednesday 7 May 2025 18:46

To: obligations

Subject: ODG: Fundamental Principles of Canadian Unjust Enrichment

Dear Colleagues:

Congratulations to ODGers Mitchell McInnes on the publication of his newest work: Fundamental Principles of Canadian Unjust Enrichment (LexisNexis, 2025).

From the description:

Although it stands alongside contract and tort as a primary source of private law obligations, unjust enrichment is less well known than the other grounds of liability. That lack of familiarity creates a risk of error and injustice.

Written by Mitchell McInnes, Canada's leading authority on the law of unjust enrichment, Fundamental Principles of Canadian Unjust Enrichment was designed to introduce judges, lawyers, and students to this subject area. It provides a succinct statement of the principles and rules that govern restitutionary liability. While attentive to the subject's historical evolution, the book focuses on the law of unjust enrichment that is practised in Canadian courts today. It takes a practical approach, and uses recent cases and numerous diagrams to illustrate key concepts.

Consistent with the manner in which the Canadian legal system formulates and resolves restitutionary claims, Fundamental Principles of Canadian Unjust Enrichment is divided into four parts:

Part I: Basic Principles opens with an introductory chapter and then devotes separate chapters to the governing principle's three essential elements: enrichment, corresponding deprivation, and absence of juristic reason

Part II: Juristic Reasons looks in more depth at the circumstances in which enrichments will be considered 'unjust' and hence reversible

Part III: Defences and Part IV: Restitution contain single chapters that address issues that arise once a court has recognized a prima facie right to unjust enrichment

A flyer is attached.

Happy Reading,

Jason Neyers
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
Law Building Rm 26
e. jneyers@uwo.ca
t. 519.661.2111 (x88435)

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