ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2 2025
UNIQUE NO.
DUE DATE: 21 AUGUST 2025
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Student Name:
Student Number:
Module Code: PVL3704
Assignment: 01
Semester: Second Semester 2025
Due Date: 21 August 2025
Title: Unjustified Enrichment Liability – Assignment 1
DECLARATION
I declare that this assignment is my own original work. I have not copied from any
source, nor have I allowed anyone to copy from me. Where I have made use of the
words or ideas of others, I have referenced them appropriately. I understand that
plagiarism is a serious academic offence.
Signature: ____________________________
Date: ____________________________
QUESTION 1
Discuss in general (without reference to a specific enrichment action) how the
extent of enrichment liability (or the quantum of the enrichment claim) will be
calculated.
[15 marks]
In South African law, unjustified enrichment occurs when one person is enriched at the
expense of another, without a legal cause for the enrichment. Once the existence of