Here's the scenario i am faced with:

public abstract class Record { } 

public abstract class TableRecord : Record { } 

public abstract class LookupTableRecord : TableRecord { } 

public sealed class UserRecord : LookupTableRecord { } 

public interface IDataAccessLayer<TRecord> 
    where TRecord : Record { } 

public interface ITableDataAccessLayer<TTableRecord> : IDataAccessLayer<TTableRecord> 
    where TTableRecord : TableRecord { } 

public interface ILookupTableDataAccessLayer<TLookupTableRecord> : ITableDataAccessLayer<TLookupTableRecord> 
    where TLookupTableRecord : LookupTableRecord { } 

public abstract class DataAccessLayer<TRecord> : IDataAccessLayer<TRecord> 
    where TRecord : Record, new() { } 

public abstract class TableDataAccessLayer<TTableRecord> : DataAccessLayer<TTableRecord>, ITableDataAccessLayer<TTableRecord> 
    where TTableRecord : TableRecord, new() { } 

public abstract class LookupTableDataAccessLayer<TLookupTableRecord> : TableDataAccessLayer<TLookupTableRecord>, ILookupTableDataAccessLayer<TLookupTableRecord> 
    where TLookupTableRecord : LookupTableRecord, new() { } 

public sealed class UserDataAccessLayer : LookupTableDataAccessLayer<UserRecord> { }

Now when i try to cast UserDataAccessLayer to it's generic base type ITableDataAccessLayer<TableRecord>, the compiler complains that it cannot implicitly convert the type.