Rights of light extinguishment

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A right of light can be lost by any of the following means: agreement unity of ownership abandonment demolition or alteration of the dominant property, or statute. Note that some of the cases on extinguishment (e.g. Tapling v Jones (1865) 11 HLC 290 and Scott v Pape (1886) 31 ChD 554) that predate Colls v Home and Colonial Stores Ltd [1904] AC 179 need to...

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