“…e was decided, it was sometimes suggested that liability for knowing receipt was restitutionary. Thus, in El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings plc at first instance ([1993] 3 All ER 717) Millett J, at 736, described knowing receipt as “the counterpart in equity of the common law action for money had and received” and said that “[b]oth can be c…”
“…86. In El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings plc [1993] 3 All ER 717, 736–737, the question was whether the recipient of trust money was accountable as a constructive trustee on the footing of knowing receipt when before reachin…”