Harris v Flower & Sons (1904) 74 LJ Ch 127

Rights of way: Can you change your ways?

Paul Greatholder outlines the case of Gore v Naheed, which considered conflicting case law on whether a right of way used to access an additional piece of land amounts to an easement ‘How easements are created is an important consideration because each easement will need to be looked at in its own context to be …

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Development: Putting it all together

Ann Ebberson highlights the importance of ascertaining rights of way and covenants before purchasing land for redevelopment ‘Unlike restrictive covenants, positive covenants do not run automatically with the land and there needs to be a mechanism in the title to ensure that such covenants pass on to successors in title.’ Acquiring land for development can …

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Freehold Title: A splitting headache

Ed Socha considers the issues that arise when reversions are split for both landlords and tenants ‘Freeholders should carefully consider the potential for issues to develop, before selling off part of a freehold and creating a split reversion.’ There can be very good commercial reasons why a landlord might want to sell part of their …

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