Freehold Covenants — SQE1 FLK2 Land Law

A house and a cottage share one roof, the roof leaks, and the law says nobody can be made to mend it.
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In this episode:
• Positive or restrictive is a question of substance, not wording
• The burden of a positive covenant never runs with freehold land
• Restrictive burdens run in equity if properly protected on the title
• Section 78 annexes the benefit automatically unless excluded
• Building schemes make covenants mutually enforceable between plots
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