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A claim made feasible through an imaginative synthesis of long-“forgotten” rules of the {{tag|common law}} dreamt up by Lord Goff to bring justice to [[little old ladies]].  
A claim made feasible through an imaginative synthesis of long-“forgotten” rules of the {{tag|common law}}, dreamt up by Lord Goff<ref>See particularly {{casenote|Lipkin Gorman|Karpnale}}</ref> to bring justice to [[little old ladies]], [[welsh hoteliers]] and others dealt a short hand by the cosmic game.  
Gave rise to an entire branch of civil law known as [[restitution]], which sits uneasily between the law of [[contract]] and [[tort]], seeming as it does to confuse the two.
Gave rise to an entire branch of civil law known as [[restitution]], which sits uneasily between the law of [[contract]] and [[tort]], seeming as it does to confuse the two.



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A claim made feasible through an imaginative synthesis of long-“forgotten” rules of the common law, dreamt up by Lord Goff[1] to bring justice to little old ladies, welsh hoteliers and others dealt a short hand by the cosmic game. Gave rise to an entire branch of civil law known as restitution, which sits uneasily between the law of contract and tort, seeming as it does to confuse the two.

Known by some as money had and received and by others as unjust enrichment but in any case not to be confused with unjustified enrichment, which is the compensation plan for those who make it to the C-suite.

See also

  1. See particularly Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale