One misstep in the subdivisions process could spell costly delays for you and your client. Benefit from a detailed walkthrough on how to effectively structure subdivisions for e-dealing, ensuring smooth compliance and reducing the risk of registration issues. Apply top tips from LINZ to streamline the registration process and minimise delays and breakdown thorny tax triggers in your subdivision undertakings. Your roadmap to seamless subdivisions awaits.
LINZ: Top Tips for Subdivision Success
Join the expert LINZ team on this interactive session to get all your new title questions answered.
- Getting it right first time with subdivisions and the issue of new titles
- What LINZ sees every day that can help practitioners prepare their new title dealings
- Navigating New Landonline with ease
Presented by Andrea Watson, Consulting Solicitor - Modernising Landonline Programme, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and Eleanor Elvidge, Kaiārahi Leader - Legal, Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD hours
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair:
Charlotte Muggeridge, Partner, Harkness Henry
Development Structures: Different Types and Common Issues
- An introduction to some of the more/less common development types
- Development programmes & financing
- Consenting
- Section 225 of the Resource Management Act
Presented by Ben Eagleson, Senior Associate, Alexander Dorrington Lawyers
Case Study: Unpacking Subdivision Issues in Practice
- Working through the conditions of s224C and advanced planning
- Inexperienced developers not understanding the different roles of Engineers/Project Manager, surveyor, lawyer and others
- Potential delays with different easements
- Urgency applications to LINZ
Presented by Tina Hwang, Director, Queen City Law
Managing Tax Issues in Subdivisions
- When the vendor will be taxable on the sale proceeds
- Getting GST right
- Practical steps that can be taken to manage tax risks through documentation
Presented by Chris Harker, Partner, Mayne Wetherell
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key elements of structuring subdivisions for e-dealing to avoid delay
- Learn practical strategies for effectively registering plans of subdivision in accordance with LINZ requirements
- Gain insights into tax implications in subdivision to manage tax risks
Presenters
Andrea Watson, Consulting Solicitor - Modernising Landonline Programme, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
Andrea is tasked with bringing the voice of legal customers into the Modernising Landonline programme. She has worked at LINZ in various roles for 5 years. Prior to that, she worked as a property lawyer in private practice in boutique, mid-sized and large New Zealand law firms, specialising in registration matters from single property transactions through to infrastructure projects and large developments.
Charlotte Muggeridge, Partner, Harkness Henry
Charlotte has a specialised skill range across resource management, property development, easements, subdivisions, local government and unit titles. She has co-authored New Zealand’s first textbook on subdivisions (Subdivisions Law and Practice, LexisNexis, 2024). Before joining Harkness Henry, she worked in local government and in private practice. Charlotte has presented seminars for the New Zealand Law Society, Survey & Spatial New Zealand, the Waikato Plan, and Auckland District Law Society on property law, subdivisions, and resource management law.
Ben Eagleson, Senior Associate, Alexander Dorrington Lawyers
Ben is an expert in property law, practising law since 2007. He started his career as a litigator, then gained extensive experience in the corporate, commercial and property space in a mid sized NZ firm, mostly focused on unit title work. He has also spent 8 years practising law in the Cayman Islands focused on the development of hotels, residential and commercial property.
Chris Harker, Partner, Mayne Wetherell
Chris advises on tax law. He has advised on a number of significant transactions including mergers and acquisitions, restructures, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), and financing arrangements. He has also acted for clients seeking binding rulings from Inland Revenue in respect of prospective transactions, and represented clients in respect of Inland Revenue investigations and disputes.
Tina Hwang, Director, Queen City Law
Tina Hwang is a Director and is the Leader of QCL’s large and award winning Property Team. Tina is also Co-Convenor of The Law Association (previously ADLS) Property Law Committee and member of The Law Association Property Disputes Committee. Tina mainly practises in property, construction and litigation. She has deep and wide experience in virtually all aspects of property law and property development and has been involved in some of New Zealand’s largest property projects. Tina has also developed expertise in construction issues and has presented papers at many New Zealand law seminars on property and construction law. She contributes regularly to the Builders & Contractors Magazine. Tina also speaks fluent Korean. Being client-centric Tina has also taken on numerous employment cases (both employer and employee) and the consequent mediation and settlements. Tina regularly appears in Tribunals and Courts. Clients love working with Tina as she is an excellent communicator, works very efficiently and keeps clients fully informed.
Eleanor Elvidge, Kaiārahi Leader - Legal, Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand
Eleanor has been a solicitor at LINZ for 10 years, supporting the Property Rights team with complex legal matters arising from Land Transfer registration. Prior to joining LINZ she worked for eight years in private practice, predominantly doing property and private client work.
