A 999-year lease, under historic Common Law, is a Permanent Lease of property. Permanent Lease locations are in Britain, its former colonies and the Commonwealth. A former colony, the Republic of Mauritius (The Raphael Fishing Company Ltd v. The State of Mauritius & Anor (Mauritius) [2008] UKPC 43 (30 July 2008)) established legal precedent on 30 July 2008[1] in respect of a 1901 'permanent lease' on the following Thirteen Islands of St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos) :
Name | AKA |
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1.Île Raphael | Raphaël Island |
2. L'île du Sud (South Island, l'île Boisées) | South Island, l'île Boisée |
3. Petit Fou Island | - |
4. Avocaré Island | Avocaré Avoquer, L'Avocaire |
5. l'île aux Fous | Fous, Ile Fou |
6. L'île du Gouvernement | Government Island |
7. Petit Mapou Island | Small Mapou |
8. Grand Mapou Island | Big Mapou |
9. La Baleine Island | Whale Island |
10. L'Île Coco | Coco Island, Île Cocos, Île aux Cocos |
11. Île Verronge | - Verronge Island |
12. l'île aux Bois | Wooded Island |
13. La Baleine Rocks Island | Whale Rocks Island |
These Thirteen Islands of St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos), Mauritius, were converted from a 1901 Permanent Lease (999-year lease) to a Permanent Grant by the Privy Council (United Kingdom) in 2008.[2] The Privy Council (United Kingdom) judgment (Article 71) confirmed Raphaël Fishing Company[3] legally as the holder of a Permanent Grant of the thirteen islands mentioned in the 1901 Deed (transcribed in Vol TB25 No 342) subject to the conditions therein referred to'[4][5][6]