Introduction

[1] This appeal arises from a dispute that is as personal as it is legal. It relates to the designing and funding of a kitchen renovation between two individuals once on close terms At its heart lies a simple but contested question of whether the funding of the renovation was undertaken pursuant to an oral binding agreement for reimbursement or was it a generous, perhaps impulsive, gesture made without expectation of repayment. The Appellant/Plaintiff contended that it was the former, in that he undertook the funding of the renovation at the request of the Respondent/Defendant and his wife, based on an understanding that he would be repaid. The Respondent/Defendant, on the other hand, insisted that there was no such agreement, and that if the A