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Contract law 2020 BCCA 98

Kim v. Choi

The court dismissed an appeal over restitution after an immigration-related scheme, holding illegality did not bar unjust enrichment relief where repayment would not frustrate policy.

  • Illegality (ex turpi causa) defence
  • Restitutionary relief
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Unconscionability
  • Constructive trust
  • Immigration fraud/misrepresentation
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Civil 2007 ONCA 501

Authorson Estate v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Court of Appeal allowed the Crown’s appeal, holding the Supreme Court of Canada’s liability ruling was final and that s.5.1(4) of the DVA Act, read in its statutory and constitutional context including the Financial Administration Act constraints, operates as a complete bar to pre-1990 claims for interest or failure to invest; the motion judge erred in finding equitable fraud tolled limitations, erred in reinterpreting s.5.1(4) as a partial bar, and erred in procedural and valuation approaches (judicial notice and hindsight) used to award $4.6 billion, so the damages judgment was set asid…

  • Fiduciary duty
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Limitations of actions
  • Equitable fraud
  • Measure of damages
  • Judicial notice
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