The next offence is conversion. Conversion is an act of willful interference, without lawful justification with any chattel in a manner inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that other is deprived of the use and possession of that chattel.
On the other hand, a conversion is an act of willful interference, without lawful justification, with any chattel in a manner inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that other is deprived of the use and possession of that chattel. See: Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd. v. Sutherland Publishing Co. (1939) AC 178 at 202.The tort of conversion is committed where one, without lawful justification, takes a chattel out of the possession of another, with the intention of exercising a permanent or temporary dominion over it because the owner, is entitled to the use of his property at all times. The usual method of proving that a detention is adverse is to show that the plaintiff demanded the delivery of the chattel, and that the defendant refused or neglected to comply with the demand, See: Capital Finance Co. Ltd. v. Bray (1964) 1 WLR 323.