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Can a gas provider be granted an easement where the deed refers only to the servient land and the gas provider does not own neighbouring land?

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Easements generally

One of the four essential characteristics of an easement is that there must be a dominant and a servient tenement.

There must be a legal estate for the benefit of which the easement is exercised (dominant tenement) and land over which it is exercised (servient tenement). The easement must be appurtenant to a dominant tenement. It cannot exist without one ie ‘in gross’.

For more information, see Practice Note: Easements—nature and characteristics.

Statutory wayleaves and rights of access

However, the water, gas, electricity,

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