The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2004] QB 286
Court of Appeal
Marcq
v
Christie Manson & Woods Ltd (trading as Christie's)
[2003] EWCA Civ 731
2003 May 12,
13;
23
Peter Gibson, Tuckey and Keene LJJ
Conversion
— Possession, right to
— Stolen painting
— Painting put up for sale at auction
— Auctioneer acting in good faith without notice of true owner's title
— Unsold painting returned to prospective seller
— Whether auctioneer holding painting as pledge
— Whether liable in conversion or bailment to true owner
—
Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 (c 32), s. 11(2)
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