Landmark decision curtails leaseholders' freedom to refurbish property

摘要

Freeholders' ability to waive absolute covenants in leases was curbed in a landmark ruling at the Court of Appeal last month. The case, Duval v Randolph, marked the first time a leaseholder had successfully sued a freeholder for allowing another leaseholder to perform renovation works. With the full scope of its impact yet to be felt, legal experts are torn on what the judgment might mean.