The appellant property owner appealed a summary judgment order finding it liable for unjust enrichment and quantum meruit after the respondent remediation company cleaned up a 20,000-litre canola oil spill on its property.
The appellant argued it received no direct benefit and that the respondent had no expectation of payment from it.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding that the appellant received a negative benefit by avoiding a potential remediation order from the Ministry of the Environment, and that the services were requested by an officer and director of the appellant.
