ABSTRACT
Quasi-Contract and Restitution Introduction The topic of quasi-contract, or, as it is more commonly known nowadays, restitution, is on the margins of contract law, and many courses will not touch on it, although it is a topic which is of increasing practical importance. By definition, the situations are ones where there is no contract governing the relationship. This will generally be either because a contract which was made is ineffective, as a result of a mistake or illegality, or some other vitiating factor, or because the parties, while negotiating towards a contract, never in fact managed to formalise their agreement.
