Preston and Newsom: Restrictive Covenants Affecting Freehold Land

This edition of the text has been designed to reflect the increasing development of case law. It discusses three notable cases which have had far-reaching effects on the jurisdiction of the Lands Tribunal, the modification of covenants and the problems of consent or breach.

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As statutes and regulations increasingly inhibit the rights of private landowners, the restrictive covenant has subtly emerged as one of the few remaining tools of property control available to the freeholder of land.
* This edition discusses recent case law and its far-reaching effects on the jurisdiction of the Lands Tribunal, the modification or discharge of covenants and the compensation required
* It also incorporates rent charge covenants and other use obligations, and the problems of consent and breach
* Detailed chapters are included on procedure in Lands Tribunal applications