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Change of neighbourhood
  • 11 Feb 1997

    Lee Hysan Estate Co. Ltd. v. Sky Heart Ltd.

    Citation
    Lee Hysan Estate Co. Ltd. v. Sky Heart Ltd.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA8239/1995

    The court found as a fact that Section Q satisfied the Elliston requirements (common vendor effect notwithstanding Pang Sang sub-sales, estate laid out in lots, intention that restrictions benefit all lots, purchasers had notice), and that s.41(2) CPO, as enacted and amended, was intended to apply to staged or horizontal building schemes; accordingly both positive and restrictive covenants ran with the land and were enforceable by LHE (as original covenantee and owner of No.10). The defendant's defences (no scheme, reliance on releases elsewhere, and change of neighbourhood) failed, and equit…