Sinclair Gardens Investments (Kensington) Ltd v 2 Medina Villas (Hove) Limited

Decision date: 29 May 2012

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Short overview

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This is an appeal against an LVT valuation of three parking spaces on reserved land at 2 Medina Villas following enfranchisement. The appellant challenged the LVT's reliance on prescription and estoppel and the deferral of value, but the judge rejected reliance on prescription/estoppel for lack of evidence and law. The judge nevertheless upheld the LVT's deferred valuation because the leases' rights of vehicular access and common use carry an incidental right to stop to load and unload, which prevents the grant of exclusive parking to third parties during the lease term.

Ratio decidendi

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Where leases grant vehicular access and common use of land, an incidental right to stop to load and unload may be implied to make that vehicular right effective, and that incidental right can limit the lessor's ability to sell or let exclusive parking to third parties for the lease term; findings of prescription or estoppel require specific supporting evidence and should not be made on speculation.

Obiter dicta

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The judgment indicates that, absent exceptional circumstances, a right to pass and repass does not of itself include a right to park, and that tolerated parking contrary to an express lease prohibition will not found a prescriptive right or estoppel without more.

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