The UNSW Faculty of Law has hosted an international conference exploring the nature and operation of the law of unjust enrichment in commercial law.

The conference, which was convened by Associate Professor Simone Degeling from the Faculty of Law and Dr James Edelman from the University of Oxford (adjunct at University of Western Australia), featured the world's leading unjust enrichment/restitution scholars, judges and practitioners.

The papers dealt with issues such as enrichment, tracing and restitution, proprietary responses to unjust enrichment, the nature and operation of the defence of change of position, and the relationship between unjust enrichment and unconscionability.

The conference drew delegates from Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, UK, and Ireland as well as academics, senior barristers, solicitors and judges from all over Australia.

"This has been a wonderful opportunity for the world's finest legal minds to debate and discuss the law of unjust enrichment," Professor Degeling said. "Australian jurisprudence has been at the heart of many of the debates in the subject so it is fitting that this event occurred at UNSW. We are honoured that world experts such as Lord Roger and Professor Andrew Burrows QC FBA participated in the conference.

"Another vital part of the conference was the opportunity to engage with the profession and in this respect we acknowledge our enormous debt of gratitude to our conference partners: The Australian Financial Review, Allens Arthur Robinson, Freehills and Mallesons Stephen Jaques."