Unjust Enrichment Clauses (Joint Family Venture Defense) (ON)

Summary

These clauses include a defense against an unjust enrichment claim resulting from a joint family venture in Ontario. These clauses include practical guidance and drafting notes. A joint venture in family law is when the joint efforts of both parties are linked to the accumulation of wealth. Unjust enrichment is leaving one party with a disproportionate share of the jointly earned assets. In a defense against a claim for unjust enrichment resulting from a joint family venture in Ontario, seek orders that there is no unjust enrichment and that the parties' relationship is not a joint family venture. For more information on unjust enrichment, constructive trusts and resulting trusts in Ontario, see the practice notes: Unjust Enrichment and Trust Claims (ON), Unjust Enrichment and Pension Valuation: Unmarried Spouses (Legislative Framework) (ON), and Unjust Enrichment and Pension Valuation: Married Spouses (ON). For examples of language used to make unjust enrichment, constructive trusts, ...