In a restrictive covenant, what can be said to have been the object or purpose at the time of the covenant?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Shuswap Lake Estates Ltd. v. Woods, 2015 BCSC 1138 (CanLII):

In interpreting a restrictive covenant, guidance is taken from what can be said to have been the object or purpose at the time the scheme was created: Goodwin v. Ridley, 2006 BCCA 581.

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