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Fences and hedges: Old law in the modern world
Should a fencing covenant be treated as a fencing easement, which can bind successors in title? Joanne Wicks QC reports on a recent Court of Appeal judgment ‘The fencing easement is a most curious beast. In content it is like a positive covenant, requiring the obligor to take positive action and expend money on maintaining …
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