Restitution in English law

The English law of Restitution is the law of gain-based recovery.[1] Its precise scope and underlying principles remain a matter of significant academic and judicial controversy.[2] Broadly speaking, the law of restitution concerns actions in which one person claims an entitlement in respect of a gain acquired by another, rather than compensation for a loss.

  1. ^ Peter Birks, Unjust Enrichment (2nd ed, 2005) 3-5.
  2. ^ See generally, Virgo, Principles of the Law of Restitution (3rd ed, 2015); Burrows, Law of Restitution (3rd ed, 2011); Mitchell, Mitchell, Watterson, Goff & Jones Law of Unjust Enrichment (8th ed, 2011); Edelman and Degeling, Equity in Commercial Law (LexisNexis, 2005).