As a measure of how efficient the Supreme Court can be in processing applications to modify restrictive covenants, today we managed to modify a restrictive covenant within four weeks of taking instructions from a client.

The modification was a simple one that didn’t require notice to beneficiaries–namely, amending a building materials covenant to allow a substrate of concrete in addition to brick–but a similar pace can be achieved in applications made pursuant to section 84(1)(b) of the Property Law Act 1958–where there is agreement from beneficiaries to the modification or removal of a covenant.