Earl of Cadogan v Guinness and others    Real Property – Restrictive covenants – Discharge or modification – Leaseholds – “Term of
more than seventy years, after the expiration of fifty years of the term” – Law of Property Act
1925 (c 20), s 84(12).
By a lease executed on 31 January 1888, a term of ninety-nine years was created
commencing on 25 March 1874, subject to certain restrictive covenants. On 14 October 1935,
an application was made under the Law of Property Act 1925, s 84(12) for the discharge or
modification of one of the restrictive covenants:—