This On Demand was recorded on 26 February 2025.
Cross-leases continue to give rise to practical issues and difficult questions. The purpose of this session is to illustrate common issues that come up at the purchase and requisition stages, identify potential solutions, and help explain tricky issues to clients.
- inconsistencies between leases
- what amounts, or does not amount, to a “defective” title, and the implications of this
- due diligence purchase issues
- common requisition issues
- deal-breakers and pragmatic solutions
- how to explain tricky issues to clients, with assistance from case studies.
Property lawyers, property litigators, general practitioners and legal executives.
Thomas Gibbons, Principal, Thomas Gibbons Law
Angus Grayson, Director, HouseMe Legal Limited
Thomas is a specialist property and land development lawyer. His work traverses unit titles, expert opinions, technical easement and covenant advice, resource consent and plan change matters, the Public Works Act, infrastructure agreements, and local government issues.
Thomas has presented seminars at academic and industry-based conferences in New Zealand and overseas, and wrote a series of articles on the 10th edition of the ADLS/REINZ Agreement for Sale and Purchase of Real Estate for LawTalk. He is the author of Unit Titles Law & Practice, A Practical Guide to the Land Transfer Act and co-author of Subdivisions Law and Practice, and has written various journal articles. He has provided expert evidence in the High Court on land development matters, and also serves on a number of boards and committees.
Angus has acted for a wide range of clients - from large residential property developers at one end of the scale to first home buyers at the other. He is passionate about helping clients get a foot on the property ladder and using technology to improve the legal buying and selling experience.
Angus runs a startup law firm – HouseMe Legal. He treats every settlement – big or small – with the same level of respect and diligence.
Outside of work, Angus enjoys playing golf at Muriwai with his wife and watching the Black Caps and Warriors with his daughter.
Ticket Price
Member: $115 plus GST
Non-member: $160 plus GST
This On Demand includes the video and materials, and will earn CPD.