The appellants appealed a trial judgment finding them unjustly enriched by the transfer of two valuable licenses without payment.
The appellants argued that where contract negotiations have failed, courts cannot use unjust enrichment to impose a contract on the parties.
The Court of Appeal rejected this submission, distinguishing the case from Skibinski v. Community Living British Columbia.
The trial judge had found as a fact that the appellants had no reasonable expectation of receiving the licenses for nothing.
The appellants also challenged the damages award, but the Court of Appeal found the trial judge's assessment entitled to deference.
The appeal was dismissed with costs awarded to the respondents.
