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Morrells of Oxford Ltd v Oxford United Football Club Ltd

Subject Matter

RESTRICTIVE COVENANT — Enforceability — Vendor's covenant — Local authority conveying land to provide public house — Covenant not to permit building of licensed premises on own land within half-mile radius — Local authority subsequently selling adjacent land and granting planning permission to developers for construction of football stadium and hotel — Purchaser's successor in title seeking injunction to enforce covenant against developers — Whether covenant binding local authority's successors in title — Whether covenant to be deemed to run with land — Law of Property Act 1925, s 79(1)

[2001] Ch 459; [2001] 2 WLR 128

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Morrells of Oxford Ltd v Oxford United Football Club Ltd [2001] Ch 459; [2001] 2 WLR 128, CA

Sefton v Tophams Ltd [1967] 1 AC 50; [1966] 2 WLR 814; [1966] 1 All ER 1039, HL(E) Considered

In re Royal Victoria Pavilion, Ramsgate [1961] Ch 581; [1961] 3 WLR 491; [1961] 3 All ER 83, Ch D Considered

Inland Revenue Comrs v Bernstein [1961] Ch 399; [1961] 2 WLR 143; [1961] 1 All ER 341, CA Dicta of Lord Evershed MR applied; [1961] Ch 399, 413

Powell v Hemsley [1909] 2 Ch 252, CA Considered

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Morrells of Oxford Ltd v Oxford United Football Club Ltd [2001] Ch 459; [2001] 2 WLR 128, CA

Bell v Norman C Ashton Ltd (1956) 7 P & CR 359

Brigg v Thornton [1904] 1 Ch 386, CA

Broomfield v Williams [1897] 1 Ch 602, CA

Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Harper’s Garage (Stourport) Ltd [1968] AC 269; [1967] 2 WLR 871; [1967] 1 All ER 699, HL(E)

Federated Homes Ltd v Mill Lodge Properties Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 594; [1980] 1 All ER 371, CA

Green v Ashco Horticulturist Ltd [1966] 1 WLR 889; [1966] 2 All ER 232, Ch D

Gregg v Richards [1926] Ch 521, CA

Grosvenor Place Estates Ltd v Roberts [1961] Ch 148; [1961] 2 WLR 83; [1961] 1 All ER 341, CA

Hall v Ewin 37 ChD 74, CA

In Re Contract Between Fawcett and Holmes 42 ChD 150, CA

In re Evans’s Settlement [1967] 1 WLR 1294; [1967] 3 All ER 343, Ch D

In re Royal Victoria Pavilion, Ramsgate [1961] Ch 581; [1961] 3 WLR 491; [1961] 3 All ER 83, Ch D

Johnsey Estates Ltd v Webb [1990] 1 EGLR 80

Kemp v Bird 5 ChD 549, Ch D

London County Council v Allen [1914] 3 KB 642, CA

Lynnthorpe Enterprises Ltd v Sidney Smith (Chelsea) Ltd [1990] 1 EGLR 148; [1990] 2 EGLR 131, CA

Oceanic Village Ltd v United Attractions Ltd [2000] Ch 234; [2000] 2 WLR 476; [2000] 1 All ER 975, Ch D

Powell v Hemsley [1909] 1 Ch 680, Ch D

R v Westminster City Council, Ex p Leicester Square Coventry Street Association Ltd (1989) 59 P & CR 51

Rhone v Stephens [1994] 2 AC 310; [1994] 2 WLR 429; [1994] 2 All ER 65, HL(E)

Rogers v Hosegood [1900] 2 Ch 388, CA

Sainsbury (J) plc v Enfield London Borough Council [1989] 2 EGLR 173

Sefton v Tophams Ltd [1965] Ch 1140; [1965] 3 WLR 523; [1965] 3 All ER 1, CA

Tulk v Moxhay (1848) 18 LJ Ch 83

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