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 established a legal precedent through a decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (The Raphael Fishing Company Ltd v. The State of Mauritius & Anor (Mauritius) [2008] UKPC 43 (30 July 2008)) on 30 July 2008 in respect of a 1901 'permanent lease' on the following islands of St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos) :
| 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 islands were converted from a 1901 999-year lease to a permanent grant by the Privy Council in 2008. The Privy Council judgment (Article 71) confirmed Raphaël Fishing Company 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."