Covenant to repair not apt to prevent demolition and replacement

British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation and another v University of Sheffield Chancery Division, 26 November 2003

The question for Mr Justice Lewison in British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation and another v University of Sheffield (Chancery Division, 26 November 2003) was whether repairing covenants in a 1,000-year lease prevented the demolition and replacement of the original buildings.