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245 _aUniversity of East London Higher Education Corporation v (1) Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council (2) Redbridge London Borough Council and (3) Persons unknown owning or occupying property forming part of the Becontree Estate East London (No.2)
260 _c2004
520 _a[2004] EWHC 2710 (Ch), 9 December 2004. Claimant university (U) took proceedings under the Law of Property Act 1925 s84(2) to clear its title to the Barking Campus. After ruling on the covenants, the court went on to determine costs under the 1925 Act s203(5). (D)'s contention that the covenants bound U as owners of the Barking Campus and were enforceable by D as owners of the Becontree Estate had been upheld earlier. The judge held further that U was entitled to sell the Campus free from covenants, which would however trigger D's entitlement to exercise a right of pre-emption. U questioned whether Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) had superseded the rule of practice on costs established before "Re Jeffkins Indentures" ([1965] 1 WLR 375). "Held": the rationale for the rule of practice was a claimant applying for a declaration of freedom from covenants was seeking for its own benefit the protection of a court order against the existence of any adverse rights and had to join as defendants all persons who might have adverse rights. This rationale was equally applicable after the CPR and was consistent with CPR. D had succeeded on all issues relating to the validity and enforceability of the covenants but had failed in their construction of the pre-emption clause. Employing the rule of practice as a guideline, U should pay D's costs on an indemnity basis. View judgment at www.courtservice.gov.uk.
590 _aABS
650 _aUNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION V (1) BARKING AND DAGENHAM LBC (2) REDBRIDGE LBC AND (3) PERSONS UNKNOWN OWNING OR OCCUPYING PROPERTY FORMING PART OF THE BEACONTREE ESTATE, EAST LONDON
650 _aLAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925 S84(2)
650 _aLAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925 S203(5)
650 _aCIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1998
650 _aRE JEFFKINS INDENTURES
650 _aCOVENANTS
690 _aPROPERTY
856 _uhttps://www.courtservice.gov.uk/View.do?id=2977&searchTerm=&ascending=&index=61&maxIndex=199
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