ABSTRACT
Freehold covenants, that is, covenants entered into by one freeholder in favour of another freeholder, are an important means of controlling the use of land. The majority of such covenants are restrictive in substance – for example, a covenant not to carry on any trade or business on the land, or a covenant not to build more than one dwelling house thereon; consequently, this topic is usually referred to as the law of restrictive covenants.
