Courts May Refuse to Assist 'Guilty' Parties in Enforcing Illegal

question 3

Multiple Choice

Courts may refuse to assist 'guilty' parties in enforcing illegal contracts or to help parties recover money or property transferred under an illegal contract where public policy requires this. The law of unjust enrichment governs the circumstances when a party can recover benefits conferred pursuant to a contract. In which of the following circumstances will restitution not be available to a party to the illegal contract?
Correct

• A) Where the defendant is unaware of the facts giving rise to the illegality
• B) Where the claimant has to rely on her own illegal act to prove her case
• C) Where the claimant cannot establish a legal or equitable proprietary right to the property independent of the illegal contract.
• D) In all of these cases

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