Comments on: ESB, Xafinity, Madoff: Restitution in the news! http://www.cearta.ie/2009/01/esb-xafinity-madoff-restitution-in-the-news/ the Irish for rights Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: skepticlawyer » Investment scheme collapses give rise to equitable and restitutionary claims http://www.cearta.ie/2009/01/esb-xafinity-madoff-restitution-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-7018 skepticlawyer » Investment scheme collapses give rise to equitable and restitutionary claims Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:44:31 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=1050#comment-7018 [...] must be behind the eight-ball at the moment - how else could I have missed Eoin’s post at Cearta.ie on restitutionary liability and Bernie Madoff’s failed investment [...] [...] must be behind the eight-ball at the moment – how else could I have missed Eoin’s post at Cearta.ie on restitutionary liability and Bernie Madoff’s failed investment [...]

]]> By: Eoin http://www.cearta.ie/2009/01/esb-xafinity-madoff-restitution-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-6279 Eoin Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:23:28 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=1050#comment-6279 Indeed, which is why I hope that some of them proceed to judgment. Indeed, if the <i>Swaps</i> cases were a product of the UK's early 1990s recession, then perhaps these Ponzi cases, which are a product of our current credit crunch, might have a similar impact on the development of the law of restitution for unjust enrichment. Indeed, which is why I hope that some of them proceed to judgment. Indeed, if the Swaps cases were a product of the UK’s early 1990s recession, then perhaps these Ponzi cases, which are a product of our current credit crunch, might have a similar impact on the development of the law of restitution for unjust enrichment.

]]> By: Legal Eagle http://www.cearta.ie/2009/01/esb-xafinity-madoff-restitution-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-6275 Legal Eagle Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:14:25 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=1050#comment-6275 Very interesting. When I was in practice, I once attempted to trace money from a later investor in a Ponzi scheme into the house of an earlier investor (which had been purchased in part with the later investor's money). I don't know if it succeeded or not, because I had to go off on maternity leave. A terrible situation, but these Ponzi investment schemes give rise to all kinds of interesting equitable and restitutionary questions: knowing receipt, tracing, knowing assistance... Very interesting. When I was in practice, I once attempted to trace money from a later investor in a Ponzi scheme into the house of an earlier investor (which had been purchased in part with the later investor’s money). I don’t know if it succeeded or not, because I had to go off on maternity leave.

A terrible situation, but these Ponzi investment schemes give rise to all kinds of interesting equitable and restitutionary questions: knowing receipt, tracing, knowing assistance…

]]> By: cearta.ie » More on Madoff, O’Brien, and Restitution http://www.cearta.ie/2009/01/esb-xafinity-madoff-restitution-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-6273 cearta.ie » More on Madoff, O’Brien, and Restitution Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:56:36 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=1050#comment-6273 [...] to my recent post on Restitution in the news!, two pieces in today’s Irish Times caught my eye: Breifne O’Brien faces new claims for [...] [...] to my recent post on Restitution in the news!, two pieces in today’s Irish Times caught my eye: Breifne O’Brien faces new claims for [...]

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