Rowena Meager's Property Law Blog

The Law Commission’s long awaited consultation paper on Easements, Covenants and Profits a Prendre is now available to view here. The consultation process is ongoing until 30 June 2008. Any reform in this context will no doubt be very welcome, although it will still be a long time coming. However, practitioners and students alike will breathe a sigh of relief at the prospect of any improvement in the law in this area. Whilst both the law of easements and covenants have been particularly problematic in many respects, the law of covenants is undoubtedly the most impenetrable.