United Kingdom Leading Case essential characteristicsaccommodationrecreational rightscapable of grant

Re Ellenborough Park

[1955] EWCA Civ 4; [1956] Ch 131

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal

Year1955

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

For a right to qualify as an easement it must satisfy four characteristics: a dominant and servient tenement; the right must accommodate the dominant tenement; the tenements must be owned/occupied by different persons; and the right must be capable of forming the subject-matter of a grant.

Area of Law

Land & Property

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