Hearings
England & Wales
13 Jul 2007 [2007] EWHC 1655 (Ch); [2007] 4 All ER 744, Ch D
12 Mar 2008 [2008] EWCA Civ 151; [2008] Ch 341; [2008] 2 WLR 1096, CA
RHJ Ltd v FT Patten (Holdings) Ltd
Subject Matter
EASEMENT — Light — Right to light by prescription — Lease reserving to lessor right to build on adjoining land — Lease excluding implied grant of easements — New freehold owner of land formerly subject to lease asserting acquisition of right to light by statutory prescription — Whether reservation in lease “agreement expressly made … for … purpose” of rendering enjoyment of light permissive — Whether reservation capable of preventing acquisition of rights to light by prescription absent express reference to light — Whether preventing acquisition of right — Prescription Act 1832, s 3
[2008] Ch 341; [2008] 2 WLR 1096; [2007] 4 All ER 744
Appellate History
RHJ Ltd v FT Patten (Holdings) Ltd [2007] EWHC 1655 (Ch); [2007] 4 All ER 744, Ch D
Decision of Lewison J affirmed
RHJ Ltd v FT Patten (Holdings) Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 151; [2008] Ch 341; [2008] 2 WLR 1096, CA