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’.
