Once conversion is established to the Briginshaw standard, the quantification of loss (including the number of cattle converted) is a question of quantum to be determined on the ordinary balance of probabilities, not the heightened Briginshaw standard. In pastoral disputes, failure to comply with recognised industry practice for returning wandering stock, combined with evidence of ill intent and animosity, can establish the requisite intention to exercise dominion over another's chattels for the purposes of conversion.
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