Title to the Rocamora Lands was registered in the name of Rose Hall on 30th October 1966. When they disposed of the Rocamora lands the appellants were the owners of the Half Moon Hotel and its beach but they did not retain any of the land which they had acquired from Norman Rocamora. (c) No beach improvement shall be effected in relation to the three parcels or any part thereof which shall be detrimental to the beach of the Half Moon Hotel (owned by the Vendor). (b) No business other than that of renting a house for family occupancy shall be carried on on the three parcels or any part thereof (a) Not to erect on the three parcels or any part thereof any buildings other than single family houses and in any event the three parcels when built upon shall not contain an aggregate of more than twelve houses and no such house shall exceed two storeys in height The Purchaser for itself its successors and assigns as to the three parcels hereby transferred and with intent to bind all persons in whom the three parcels or any part thereof shall for the time being be vested hereby COVENANTS with the Vendor its successors and assigns: It contained a covenant by Rose Hall in the following terms:ΔΆ. The Instrument of Transfer ( the 1966 Transfer ) was dated 12th July 1966 and numbered 220319. Their Lordships infer from its name that Rose Hall was the company responsible for the construction of the hotel which is now known as the Holiday Inn. Four months later they were sold and transferred to Rose Hall (Developments) Limited ( Rose Hall ) for the sum of $125,000. The Rocamora lands were acquired by the appellants on 1st March 1966 from one Norman Rocamora for the sum of $100,000. The covenants in question do not affect the main part of the Holiday Inn. The question is whether they are still subsisting and enforceable notwithstanding successive alienations of the Rocamora lands. The present dispute concerns restrictive covenants which affect the Rocamora lands and which were entered into by the respondents predecessors in title. The certificates of title to the Rocamora lands are currently registered in the Register Book at Volume 1231 Folios 784 (the strip closest to the Half Moon Hotel) and 785 (the middle strip) and Volume 787 Folio 98 (the strip furthest from the Half Moon Hotel). They abut the western boundary of the Half Moon Hotel and are in close proximity to cottages belonging to the hotel. Between the Half Moon Hotel and the main buildings of the Holiday Inn are three contiguous strips of land of a total area of some 7 acres belonging to the Holiday Inn and known as the Rocamora lands. Both hotels give directly on to a private beach. The respondents own the adjacent Holiday Inn which lies immediately to the west. The appellants own and operate the Half Moon Hotel at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Half Moon Bay Ltd v Crown Eagle Hotels Ltd (Jamaica) UKPC 24 ()
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