Does a bailee have to return a bailor's property on demand?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wilson v. George, 2020 BCCRT 1090 (CanLII):
22. Where a bailee fails to return the bailor’s property on demand, the bailor may sue in something called “detinue”. The legal term “detinue” means the continuous wrongful detention of personal property (Li v. Li, 2017 BCSC 1312 at 224).
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