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Do rights under a headlease (such as a right of way, or a right of services, or a right of use of adjoining land in what is effectively a licence arrangement, a right) pass automatically under the grant of an underlease (assuming that the headlease contains no restrictions to that regard?

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Section 187 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) provides that where an easement, right or privilege for a legal estate is created, it enures for the benefit of the land to which it is intended to annexe. As a

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