Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977

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| short_title = Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977

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| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom

| long_title = An Act to amend the law concerning conversion and other torts affecting goods.

| year = 1977

| citation = 1977 c. 32

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| royal_assent = 22 July 1977

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| replaces = Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1952

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| status = current

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The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 (c. 32) is an act of Parliament to amend the law in England, Wales and Northern Ireland{{Cite journal |last=Thornely |first=J. W. A. |date=1977 |title=New Torts for Old or Old Torts Refurbished? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4506015 |journal=The Cambridge Law Journal |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=248–251 |issn=0008-1973}} concerning conversion and other torts affecting goods.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/32|title=Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=4 December 2015}}

The passage of the law was prompted by the 18th Report of the Law Reform Committee,{{Cite journal |last=Bentley |first=D. J. |date=1972 |title=A New-Found Haliday: The Eighteenth Report of the Law Reform Committee (Conversion and Detinue) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1094656 |journal=The Modern Law Review |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=171–175 |issn=0026-7961}} although the scope of the legislation is considerably reduced from the recommendations of the report. The act abolishes detinue{{cite book|last=Steele|first=Jenny|title=Tort Law|edition=3|year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199671403|page=904}} and attempts to simplify the remaining actions in tort.{{Cite journal |last=Sacks |first=Vera |date=1978 |title=Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1095684 |journal=The Modern Law Review |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=713–721 |issn=0026-7961}}