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Bath Rugby v Greenwood: annexation of pre‑1926 restrictive covenants, rejection of ‘easily ascertainable’ test, s.84(2) LPA 1925 declarations, and costs on the indemnity basis for successful objectors

Published on: 28 October 2020

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Bath Rugby Ltd v Greenwood and others [2020] EWHC 2662 (Ch); Bath Rugby Ltd v Greenwood and others [2020] EWHC 2856 (Ch)

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The ruling offers a helpful survey and reaffirmation of what is needed for the annexation of the benefit of restrictive covenants made before the Law of Property Act 1925 took effect. While covenants of such vintage now seldom surface in property disputes—the one here dating back almost a hundred years—the judgment is of broader relevance for its treatment of annexation and its discussion of Crest Nicholson Residential (South) Ltd v McAllister [2004] EWCA Civ 410, a post‑1925 covenant case. In particular, it considers Chadwick LJ’s remark that, for annexation to bite, the land intended to take the benefit must be ‘easily ascertainable’. Bath Rugby further exemplifies how the court approaches applications under section 84(2) of the LPA 1925, and how it construes the instrument creating the covenant, including the importance...

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