Preston and Newsom: Restrictive Covenants Affecting Freehold Land

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 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

Introduction. Benefit. Burden. Vendor and purchaser. Conveyancing and drafting. Breach. Rentcharge covenants and other user obligations. Actions for injunctions. Actions for declarations. Lands Tribunal: Jurisdiction and discretion; Parties; Section 84 grounds; Compensation; Procedure and hearings; Costs, orders and appeals.