Question

Vaibhav, without taking permission from his friend Raj, took his golf kit. While playing golf, he damaged the golf kit in such a way that it became useless.
a. Identify and explain the tort.
b. What is the remedy in such cases?

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The tort here is he should ask and borrow his golf kit. (b) The remedy in such case his he should repair his golf kit and should say sorry to raj and return it.

Answer 2

a. Vaibhav took his friend, Raj's Golf kit without his permission and damaged it to the point of making it useless. It is a trespass to movable goods

It means illegally causing the disturbances to someone's movable property or goods without one's permission or consent.

b. The Remedy provided by English law is an action in detinue, i.e. specific recovery of the detained movable property is made from the person's possession.

Any person who or whom has wrongfully or illegally detained the property which is movable in nature is generally called as a wrongful detainer.