Parker LJ discussed the case of Strand Electric and said: ‘The action in that case was in detinue and not conversion, but there will in almost all cases of detinue have been an original act of conversion also and what was in effect held in that case was that, in the case of conversion of a profit earning chattel which a defendant has used for his own benefit, the owner can recover by way of damages a hire charge plus either the return of the chattel or, if there has been a subsequent conversion by disposal, the value of the chattel at the date of such conversion.’
Judges:
Parker J
Citations:
[1983] 1 WLR 959, [1983] 2 All ER 184, [1983] RTR 491
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Strand Electric and Engineering Co Ltd v Berisford Entertainments Ltd 1952
The court assessed the amount of damages for the wrongful refusal to deliver up portable switchboards which the owner would not have used anyway (detinue). The measure was a sum equivalent to the price or hire that a reasonable person would pay for . .
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Torts – Other
Updated: 07 April 2022; Ref: scu.276911