Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common disclosure obligations, warranty issues, and hidden risks arising in complex property transactions
- Develop practical strategies for drafting effective clauses and managing legal risk to better protect vendor and purchaser clients
Disclosure Duties and Hidden Risks: How to Protect Your Clients
- Common Disclosure Pitfalls: Issues from common disclosures and standard warranties and documents
- Hidden Risks in Complex Properties: Common issues from off the plans, unit titles, cross-leases, easements, covenants and interests
- Drafting Clauses: Recommendations when drafting warranties and conditions
- Managing Risk: Best practice for protecting clients
- Recent Case Law Insights: Lessons from disputes from recent cases
Presented by Tina Hwang, Director, Queen City Law
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* 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
Denise Marsden, Director, Alexander Dorrington Limited
Presenters

Denise Marsden, Director, Alexander Dorrington Limited
Denise is a leading expert in property law. She has a wealth of knowledge complemented by a true passion for property and people. She is smart, pragmatic and sensible and focuses on outcomes for her clients. Denise has been a director at AlexanderDorrington since 2007. She enjoys leading her team to deliver successful projects and outcomes. Denise’s practice includes residential property development and conveyancing of all property types. That includes the establishment of resident’s societies for development and advice in connection with established societies.

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.