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Cross-Leases – Requisitions, Defects, and Resolutions

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Cross-leases continue to generate significant uncertainty for property practitioners, particularly where issues arise across the lease, title, and survey dimensions of a property. This practical session unpacks the multiple layers of a cross-lease arrangement and explains why many disputes and conveyancing issues stem from treating them as a single issue rather than distinct legal and practical considerations.

Gain practical frameworks, visual tools, and client-focused strategies for navigating common cross-lease issues with confidence.

Learning outcomes

  • Distinguish between the legal, contractual, and survey/title components of a cross-lease arrangement and understand how they interact.
  • Read and interpret flats plans, identify common footprint discrepancies, and recognise when a formal title correction may be required.
  • Advise clients on the practical, procedural, and timing considerations involved in addressing cross-lease defects and obtaining compliance.
  • Utilise practical frameworks and visual tools to explain complex cross-lease issues clearly and effectively to clients.

Who should attend?

Property lawyers, property litigators, general practitioners and legal executives.

Presenters

Thomas Gibbons | Director, Thomas Gibbons Law
Angus Grayson | Director, HouseMe Legal Limited

Thomas Gibbons

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. He is the author of Unit Titles Law & Practice and A Practical Guide to the Land Transfer Act, 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.

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Angus Grayson

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.


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Ticket Price

Member: $120 plus GST
Non-Member: $170 plus GST




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Registration Close Date

09/02/2027
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