# Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Section 2: Abolition of detinue.


(1) Detinue is abolished.
(2) An action lies in conversion for loss or destruction of goods which a bailee has allowed to happen in breach of his duty to his bailor (that is to say it lies in a case which is not otherwise conversion, but would have been detinue before detinue was abolished).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/32/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/torts-interference-with-goods-act-1977/section-2
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