Unjust enrichment in Australia - What is(n't) it ? Implications for legal reasoning and practice

This paper provides an up-to date account of the nature and status of the idea of unjust enrichment in Australia, noting recent changes in the composition and attitudes of the High Court and the widespread confusion that exists amongst legal practitioners about the the way in which such claims should be pleaded in practice. The paper articulates and distinguishes between five different roles that unjust enrichment might play in modern legal...