The Tort of Conversion
Green, Sarah / Randall, John The legal and commercial importance of the tort of Conversion is difficult to overstate and yet there remains a sense that the principles of the tort are elusive. Most recently, this was illustrated by the difficulties posed for the UK's House of Lords by the Conversion issue in OBG v Allan [2007] UKHL 21, on which it was closely divided. Conversion, as now recognized, has a complex pedigree. Showing little regard for received taxonomies, it h...