Abstract
“One can benefit from a wrong without being guilty of wrongdoing. Unjustified enrichment as a cause of action is an example” South African Police Service v Solidarity obo Barnard 2014 6 SA 123 (CC) 165A with reference to Ackermann Human Dignity: Lodestar for Equality in South Africa (2012) 345-346 who remarked “like unjustified enrichment, restitutionary measures do ‘not rest upon proof of guilt, but on proof of unjustified enrichment on the part of the advantaged’”.
Translated title of the contribution | One can benefit from a wrong without being guilty of wrongdoing |
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Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
Pages (from-to) | 528-537 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg |
Volume | 2016 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Law