A brief explanation of defferent rules of conversion
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⇝This article is written by Komal Kumari, a 4th-year student of B.A. LL.B. in Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida. The article focuses on the various aspects of Law of Conversion under the law of torts and the various other aspects related to the same.
“An individual is liable to be sued for conversion if he treats goods of another as if they were his when they are not.”
A conversion is any act of wilful interference, without any lawful justification, in a manner which is inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that other is deprived of the use and possession of the chattel. The expression ‘wilful interference’ is used for describing the element of intention referring to the intentional commission of the act resulting in conversion. If a person deals with a chattel in a manner which is of such a nature that is necessarily inconsistent with the rights of the plaintiff, such dealings will be considered as intentional and will amount to conversion even if he did not know of the right held by the plaintiff and honestly believed that he was entitled to do so. For example, an auctioneer is held liable for conversion even if he honestly believed that the goods which are being auctioned belongs to the seller and not to the plaintiff. Conversion can be committed in various ways but the main link in every act that constitutes conversion is that it consists of dealings with goods by assertion of rights which is either inconsistent with the rights of another or unjustifiable denial of the rights of another in them.
The tort of conversion is applicable only to chattels and does not extend to cover the appropriation of chooses in action.
Elements of conversion