What are the requirements of the tort of conversion?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kostiuk (Trustee of), 2001 BCSC 1134 (CanLII):
Another statement of the requirements of the tort of conversion can be found in Cuff v. Broadlands Finance Ltd., (1987) 2 NZLR 343 (N.Z.C.A.) at 346: The tort of conversion is constituted by the interference with the use and possession of a chattel of another, wilfully and without lawful justification. It requires a dealing with the chattel in a manner inconsistent with the plaintiff’s right and with an intention in so doing to deny that right, or to assert an inconsistent right.
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