Pettkus v. Becker, [1980] 2 SCR 834
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; McIntyre, William Rogers; Chouinard, Julien; Lamer, Antonio |
Date | 18 December 1980 |
Citation | [1980] 2 SCR 834,34 NR 384,117 DLR (3d) 257,6 ACWS (2d) 263,[1980] SCJ No 103 (QL),1980 CanLII 22 (SCC),1980 CanLII 42 (SCC),19 RFL (2d) 165,[1980] CarswellOnt 299,[1980] 2 SCR 450,8 ETR 143 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
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...al. (2001), 272 N.R. 135 ; 286 A.R. 201 ; 253 W.A.C. 201 ; 201 D.L.R.(4th) 385 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 102]. Becker v. Pettkus, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834; 34 N.R. 384 ; 19 R.F.L.(2d) 165 ; 8 E.T.R. 237 ; 117 D.L.R.(3d) 257 , refd to. [para. Sorochan v. Sorochan, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 38 ; ......
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...v; Garland v. Consumers’ Gas Co., 2004 SCC 25, [2004] 1 S.C.R. 629; Rathwell v. Rathwell, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 436; Pettkus v. Becker, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834; Peel (Regional Municipality) v. Canada, [1992] 3 S.C.R. 762; Kerr v. Baranow, 2011 SCC 10, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 269; United Australia, Ltd. v. Ba......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 23-27)
...Trust, Joint Family Venture, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, s. 29, Pettkus v. Becker, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834, Kerr v. Baranow, 2011 SCC 10 Paterson Veterinary Professional Corporation v. Stilton Corp. Ltd., 2019 ONCA 746 Keywords: Contracts, Specific Perf......
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Agricultural Law Netletter - January 21, 2017 - Issue 364
...reviewed the law with respect to unjust enrichment at para. 96 to 99. At para. 169 to 170 she concluded, relying on Pettkus v. Becker, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834 (SCC), that the Hendersons were obliged to repay the amounts Ficocelli had paid on their At para. 171, however, she concluded that Ficoc......
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Agricultural Law Netletter Aug 14th 2017
...deprivation of the plaintiff; and (3) an absence of juristic reason for the enrichment (Pettkus v. Becker, 1980 CanLII 22 (SCC), [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834, at p. 848; Peel (Regional Municipality) v. Canada, 1992 CanLII 21 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 762, at p. He observed [at para. 65] that all partie......
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Haigh V. Kent: Unjust Enrichment And The Constructive Trust In The Context Of A Joint Venture
...Trust Remedy Both the Supreme Court of B.C. and the B.C. Court of Appeal relied on Justice Cromwell's statement in Becker v. Pettkus, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834, that the existence of a joint venture, and the benefits it would create, was a rationale for granting a proprietary remedy in circumstan......
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Table of Cases
...(Gen. Div.) ................................................................................................... 444 Becker v. Pettkus, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834, 117 D.L.R. (3d) 257, [1980] S.C.J. No. 103 ..................................................................................................
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Table of cases
...Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation, [1938] 2 All ER 267 (CA) .......................580, 581, 582, 597, 598 Pettkus v Becker, [1980] 2 SCR 834 ........................................................... 443, 456 Pietrangelo v Gore Mutual Insurance Co, 2010 ONSC 568, aff’d 2011 ONCA ......
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Table of cases
...35 Pett v Pett, 2009 BCCA 232 ......................................................... 147, 148, 151, 154 Pettkus v Becker, [1980] 2 SCR 834, 117 DLR (3d) 257, 19 RFL (2d) 165 ................................................................................... 284, 299 Pfob v Bakalik, 2004 ......
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Matrimonial Property Rights
...and, in some provinces, on death.4 1 2 3 4 (1973), 13 RFL 185 (SCC). Rathwell v Rathwell (1978), 1 RFL (2d) 1 (SCC). Pettkus v Becker, [1980] 2 SCR 834, 19 RFL (2d) 165; Sorochan v Sorochan, [1986] 2 SCR And see Chapter 3, Section E. See Matrimonial Property Act, RSA 2000, c M-8; Family Law......
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