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precluded him from mentioning that in his speech in Kleinwort Benson today, Lord Goff gave him and Prof Birks a very honourable mention:

"In 1802 Sir William Evans published an Essay on the Action for Money Had and Received. (This has since been published in [1998] R.L.R., the text having been prepared for publication by Professor Peter Birks and Dr. Lionel Smith of Oxford University; copies were helpfully supplied by Professor Birks to Members of the Appellate Committee and to Counsel shortly before the hearing of the present appeals.)"

(The reprint of Evans is to be found at [1998] R.L.R. 3 and makes fascinating reading)

Later in his speech, Lord Goff comments with approval that "judges are able to welcome the assistance which they receive from a number of distinguished writers" on the subject of the law of restitution of unjust enrichment. Indeed, such comments are a leitmotiv of the speech. The above is therefore just one nugget among many from the academic world which feature in the speeches.

EOIN O'DELL
Barrister, Lecturer in Law

Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland

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