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Keppell v Bailey

(1834) 2 My & K 517; 39 ER 1042; [1834] EWHC Ch J77
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Chancery (England and Wales)
Year1834
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Novel incidents (proprietary burdens) cannot be attached to land at the caprice of an owner; only recognised categories of interest may bind successors, so a positive covenant does not run with freehold land at law in equity to bind purchasers.

Area of Law

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Canada Trust Co v Stolzenberg (No 2) [1998] 1 WLR 547 (CA); affd [2000] UKHL 51; [2002] 1 AC 1 (HL)
Broadmoor Special Hospital Authority v Robinson [1999] EWCA Civ 3039; [2000] QB 775; [2000] 2 All ER 727; [2000] 1 WLR 1590

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