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In Lionel's absence in South Africa, I make myself newscaster de mon tort. The latest fascicule of the LQR is stuffed full of restitution:-

John Finnis, 'The Fairy Tale's Moral' 170-175 (note on KB v Lincoln) -- cf S Hedley [1999] CLJ 21-24

KR Handley (Handley J - NSW), 'Tracing and the Rule in Clayton's Case' 186-7

Daniel Friedmann, 'Payment by Mistake - Tracing and Subrogation' 195-198 (note on Parc Battersea)

Peter Watts, 'Restitution and Change of Position' 198-201 (note on Nat Bank of NZ v Waitaki in NZCA)

Adrian Chandler, 'Manifest Disadvantage: Limits of Application' 213-216 (note on Dunbar v Nadeem)

Stephen A Smith, 'Concurrent Liability in Contract and Unjust Enrichment: The Fundamental Breach Requirement' 245-264

Ross Grantham, 'Illegal Transactions and the Powers of Company Directors' 296-324, especially 309-324

BOOK REVIEWS
AS Burrows on WR Cornish et al, edd, Restitution, Past, Present and Future: Essays in Honour of Gareth Jones (Hart, 1998) -- 325-328
E Peel on Burrows, Understanding the Law of Obligations (Hart, 1998) -- 335-343 (cf A Tettenborn in [1999] CLJ 243-244).

Peter Birks
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