Hearings
27 Sep 2017 [2017] EWHC 2352 (Ch); [2018] Ch 264; [2018] 2 WLR 943; [2017] WLR(D) 625, Ch D (Judge Paul Matthews)
Signature of St Albans (Property) Guernsey Ltd v Wragg
Subject Matter
RESTRICTIVE COVENANT — Negative covenant — Enforceability — Conveyances of land sub-divided into plots containing covenants restricting land to residential use and limiting number of houses — Defendant owners opposing claimant’s plan to redevelop its plot in breach of covenants — Whether defendants themselves in breach for failure to remove additional houses constructed by their predecessors — Whether covenants unenforceable following breaches by owners not party to proceedings — Whether breaches changing character of neighbourhood so that covenants ceasing to have practical effect — Whether covenants enforceable
[2017] EWHC 2352 (Ch); [2018] Ch 264; [2018] 2 WLR 943; [2017] WLR(D) 625, Ch D
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: Signature of St Albans (Property) Guernsey Ltd v Wragg [2017] EWHC 2352 (Ch); [2018] Ch 264; [2018] 2 WLR 943; [2017] WLR(D) 625, Ch D
Chatsworth Estates Co v Fewell [1931] 1 Ch 224, Ch D Applied
Powell v Hemsley [1909] 1 Ch 680, Ch D Applied
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: Signature of St Albans (Property) Guernsey Ltd v Wragg [2017] EWHC 2352 (Ch); [2018] Ch 264; [2018] 2 WLR 943; [2017] WLR(D) 625, Ch D
Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36; [2015] AC 1619; [2015] 2 WLR 1593; [2016] 1 All ER 1; [2015] WLR (D) 247; Case details, SC(E)
Australian Hardwoods Pty Ltd v Comr for Railways [1961] 1 WLR 425; [1961] 1 All ER 737, PC
Briggs v McCusker[1996] 2EGLR197
Brunner v Greenslade [1971] Ch 993; [1970] 3 WLR 891; [1970] 3 All ER 833, Ch D
Chappell v Times Newspapers Ltd [1975] 1 WLR 482; [1975] ICR 145; [1975] 2 All ER 233, Ch D
Chatsworth Estates Co v Fewell [1931] 1 Ch 224, Ch D
Chitty v Bray (1883) 48 LT 860
Doe d Ambler v Woodbridge(1829) 9B & C376
Elwood v Goodman [2013] EWCA Civ 1103; [2014] Ch 442; [2014] 2 WLR 967; [2013] 4 All ER 1077; [2013] WLR (D) 342, CA
Freer v Unwins Ltd [1976] Ch 288; [1976] 2 WLR 609; [1976] 1 All ER 634, Ch D
Greenwich Healthcare National Health Service Trust v London and Quadrant Housing Trust [1998] 1 WLR 1749; [1998] 3 All ER 437, Ch D
Halsall v Brizell [1957] 2 WLR 123, Ch D
Hooper v Bromet (1904) 90 LT 234
Jackson v Winnifrith (1882) 47 LT 243
Kerdene Ltd v Wilkinson [2013] EWCA Civ 44; [2013] CN 181, CA
Knight v Simmonds [1896] 1 Ch 653, Ch D
London and South Western Railway Co v Gomm 20 ChD 562, CA
Long (Philip James) v (1) Farrer & Co (2) Farrer (Arthur Mark) [2004] EWHC 1774 (Ch), Ch D
Measues Bros Ltd v Measures [1910] 2 Ch 248, CA
National & Provincial Building Society v British Waterways Board[1992] EG149 (CS) , CA
Osborne v Bradley [1903] 2 Ch 446, Ch D
Powell v Hemsley [1909] 1 Ch 680, Ch D
Rhone v Stephens [1994] 2 AC 310; [1994] 2 WLR 429; [1994] 2 All ER 65, HL(E)
Sayers v Collyer 28 ChD 103, CA
Shaw v Applegate [1977] 1 WLR 970; [1978] 1 All ER 123, CA
Stocks v Whitgift Homes Ltd [2001] EWCA Civ 1732, CA
Thamesmead Town Ltd v Allotey(1998) 79P & CR557 ; 30HLR1052 ; [1998] 3EGLR97 , CA
Turner v Pryce[2008] RVR165
Webb v Fagotti Bros(1898) 79LT683 , CA