Learning Objectives:
- Identify common survey and title issues in NZ conveyancing transactions and how they affect property deals
- Apply practical strategies to resolve boundary, easement, and covenant disputes during conveyancing
THE SURVEYORS GUIDE: Survey Issues in Conveyancing Transactions
Cover key survey and title issues that frequently arise in property transactions, particularly those affecting conveyancing. Discuss real-world cases with practical solutions offered for resolving these issues.
- Titles: defective cross-lease titles, titles limited as to parcels, reading title diagrams, occupation diagrams
- Boundary issues: pegging boundaries prior to sale, encroachments and their rectification, reliance on aerial images, poorly defined cross-lease and unit title boundaries
- Easements: issues with rights of way, parking, and height-limited easements
- Covenants: spatially defined covenants and height restrictions
- Structures near boundaries: retaining walls, party walls and fences
Presented by Graham Petrie, Survey Manager and Associate, Babbage Consultants
Chair
Jeanne Heatlie, Partner, Court One
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
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Presenters
Graham Petrie, Survey Manager and Associate, Babbage Consultants
Graham leads the Land Surveying team with a strong focus on relationships, customer service and high professional standards. Graham has a strong foundation in project and contract management, and organisational change and implementation projects.Graham’s technical skills cover a wide range of surveying disciplines as well as the entire land development and subdivision process. He has a special interest in GIS and geospatial data capture.Graham takes a blended technical and strategic approach to complex projectsand problems to find innovateve and cost-effective solutions, and he has areputation for developing lasting relationships with clients.
Jeanne Heatlie, Partner, Court One
Jeanne is a skilled litigator with many years’ experience both in New Zealand and abroad. Jeanne has represented Body Corporates and homeowners in building defect and weathertightness cases. She was an integral part of the Plaintiff team on the Nautilus litigation resulting in the largest award made in a defective building case to date. Jeanne provides advice on construction related issues, including schemes of repair and escrow arrangements. She also extensive experience in insolvency law and has represented liquidators and creditors in a number of high profile cases. She has been involved in investigations of large scale corporate collapses and the prosecution of claims for the recovery of assets. Jeanne has acted on claims against former directors for reckless trading and against auditors for breaches of professional duties. She has experience in a number of foreign jurisdictions.
