Permanent Grant

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) :

Royal Arms UK (Privy Council)

Name	AKA
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]

See also

• Raphaël Fishing Company
• 99-year lease
• 999-year leases in Hong Kong
• Constitution of Mauritius^[7]

References

1. "The Raphael Fishing Company Ltd v. The State of Mauritius & Anor (Mauritius) [2008] UKPC 43 (30 July 2008)". www.bailii.org. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
2. "The Raphael Fishing Company Ltd v. The State of Mauritius & Anor (Mauritius) [2008] UKPC 43 (30 July 2008)". www.saflii.org. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
3. "THE RAPHAEL FISHING COMPANY LIMITED C404". mauritiusfirm.com. Mauritius firm. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. Le bail permanent de Rapha l Fishing confirm sur St.-Brandon
5. "raphael-fishing-company-ltd-v-the-state-of-mauritius-". swarb. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
6. "Raphaël Fishing Company". vlex. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
7. "The Constitution of Mauritius" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2023.

External links

•   Media related to Cargados Carajos Shoals at Wikimedia Commons
• Map of Mauritius