Windfall Equity and the Joint Endeavour Principle: Restatement of the Principles in Muschinski v Dodds

• provides a comprehensive analysis of the principles espoused by Muschinski v Dodds
• examines cases where the principles are applied as a cause of action to grant a remedy for the breakdown of a joint endeavour
• demonstrates through case examples how the joint endeavour principle regulates fiduciary duties of the parties, identifies contributions and construes trusts over property contributed to the joint endeavour
• explores how the windfall equity operates as a cause of action and the remedies that flow from it

Book Review - Law Institute Journal | David Kim, Barrister | October 2022

Features

• explores the equitable basis of joint endeavours through case law and shows how fiduciary duties and constructive trusts arise in joint endeavours, which is helpful for understanding how to wind up a joint endeavour that has failed and the principles one seeks to displace with a contract

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• Heydon, Leeming & Turner, Meagher, Gummow & Lehane’s Equity: Doctrines and Remedies, 5th edition
• Heydon & Leeming, Jacob’s Law of Trusts in Australia, 8th edition
• Sharpe, Unconscionable Conduct in Australian Consumer and Commercial Contracts