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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]].
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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.
A judicial life-hack to cover the parts of commercial life that the [[common law]] traditions of [[tort]] and [[contract]] somehow contrive to miss.


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|''unjustified'' enrichment]], which is the compensation plan for those who make it to the [[C-suite]].
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The source of some excitement, fear and loathing in the hands of the New York District Court, who in {{casenote|Citigroup|Brigade Capital Management}} applied the [[discharge-for-value defense]] to a [[restitution]] claim with rather more enthusiasm than seems warranted. The law in England (see {{casenote|Barclays Bank Ltd|WJ Simms}}) would lead to a different outcome.
 
Known also as [[money had and received]]and [[unjust enrichment]]”, in any case it is not to be confused with [[unjustified enrichment|''unjustified'' enrichment]], which is the [[compensation]] plan for those who make it to the [[C-suite]].
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*[[Equitable remedies]]
*[[contract]]
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*[[tort]]
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*[[damages]]
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