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NLJ this week: Cynical builders

26 November 2020
Issue: 7912 / Categories: Legal News , Property
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Lessons can be learned from a recent Supreme Court judgment on restrictive covenants, according to Andrew Francis, barrister, Serle Court
Writing in NLJ this week, Francis considers the ruling in Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions [2020] UKSC 45.

The case concerned a property company who built on land near a children’s hospice. The buildings included 13 affordable houses on land burdened by restrictive covenants. The company applied to modify the covenants only after the houses were built.

Francis discusses what the court decided and why, and sets out some important lessons that can be learned from the case.

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Issue: 7912 / Categories: Legal News , Property
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