Young Cammiade, An Application by
Decision date: 13 April 2023
Neutral citation: [2023] UKUT 96 (LC)
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Short overview
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This case concerned an application by Ms Young Cammiade to discharge a title restriction requiring the owner of No.3's consent to registration of transfers or leases of her long lease of No.1 Acacia Grove. The Tribunal held that section 84(1) LPA 1925 (with s.84(12) extending to long leases) empowers it to discharge restrictions affecting how land may be used but does not extend to a restriction that solely regulates completion of dispositions by registration. The application was dismissed for want of jurisdiction because the restriction was not a covenant "as to the user" of the land.
Ratio decidendi
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The Tribunal's ratio is that section 84(1) is concerned with restrictions that affect lawful use or building on land; a covenant or restriction that solely limits registration or disposal, without directly affecting how the land may be used, is not a restriction "as to the user" and therefore falls outside the power to discharge under section 84(1).
Obiter dicta
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The judgment observed (obiter) that a consent power conferred by covenant will normally be impliedly constrained to be exercised honestly, rationally and for the purpose for which it was conferred, and that practical consequences of a registration restriction (such as delaying a sale or temporary vacancy) do not convert such a restriction into one affecting user.