London County Council v Allen

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1914
Year1914
CourtCourt of Appeal
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37 cases
  • Regent Oil Company Ltd v J. A. Gregory (Hatch End) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 15 October 1965
    ...other land to protect, and a covenant dependent upon Tulk v. Moxhay would be good only while that state of things continued; see London County Council v. Allen, (1914 3 King's Bench Division, page 642) cited by the learned judge. I do not think that this reasoning has any application to a c......
  • Sefton v Tophams Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 28 May 1965
    ...a purchaser the vendor causes or permits the subsequent activities of the purchaser on the land. In the case of ( L. O. C. v. Allen 1914 3 King's Bench 642) M. J. Allen was in direct breach of his covenants against building in respect of both the plots while he retained the ownership of the......
  • Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd v Rose Marie Samuels
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 28 September 2012
    ...mere notice of a restrictive covenant is not enough to impose upon the estate owner an obligation or equity to give effect to it: London County Council v. Allen [1914] 3 K.B. 642.’ (Emphasis supplied) 34 A line of cases, decided after Ashburn Anstalt, was assessed by the English Court of Ap......
  • Jackson way Properties Ltd v Smith and Others
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 21 July 2023
    ...to preserve the value of other land of his in the neighbourhood.” As is outlined in the headnote, London County Council v Allen & Ors. [1914] 3 K.B. 642 offers clear authority for the proposition that: “An owner of land, deriving title under a person who has entered into a restrictive cove......
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7 books & journal articles
  • Enforceability of Land Use Servitudes Benefiting Local Government in Washington
    • United States
    • Seattle University School of Law Seattle University Law Review No. 3-01, September 1979
    • Invalid date
    ...See Stoebuck, Running Covenants: An Analytical Primer, 52 Wash. L. Rev. 861, 863-65, 906 (1977). 3. See London County Council v. Allen, [1914] 3 K.B. 642 (C.A.) (burdened land transferred to wife of promisor; she built in violation of the promise and the Council had no remedy). 4. Several e......
  • Table of Cases
    • United States
    • Washington State Bar Association Washington Real Property Deskbook Series Vols. 1 & 2: Washington Real Estate Essentials (WSBA) Table of Cases
    • Invalid date
    ...Dumpor's Case, 4 Coke 1196, 76 Eng. Rep. 116 (Kings Bench 1603): 17.11(1)(b) London County Council v. Allen, (1914) 3 K.B. 642: 8.3 Spencer's Case, (1583) 77 Eng. Rep. 72 (Q.B.): 8.2 Tulk v. Moxhay, (1848) 41 Eng. Rep. 1143 (Ch.): 8.2,...
  • Restrictive Covenants and Other Restrictions on the Use of Freehold Land in Public Ownership
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Restrictions on the Use of Land Part IV. Restrictive covenants (freehold land)
    • 30 August 2016
    ...area of the LPA with 1 Rhone v Stephens [1994] 2 AC 310. 2 Tulk v Moxhay (1848) 2 Ph 774; Millbourn v Lyons [1914] 2 Ch 231; LCC v Allen [1914] 3 KB 642. 3 Which replaced Town and Country Planning Act 1971, s 52 (s 106 does not have retrospective effect and applies only to agreements entere......
  • Enforceability of the Benefit of a Covenant
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Restrictions on the Use of Land Part IV. Restrictive covenants (freehold land)
    • 30 August 2016
    ...up possession, he could still be liable for the acts of his licensees or lessees depending on the scope of the covenant. 2 LCC v Allen [1914] 3 KB 642 at 664. 3 Tophams Ltd v Sefton [1967] 1 AC 50. In the absence of a contrary intention (either from the wording of the deed or the surroundin......
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