About

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Gain practical updates as relevant to commercial property
• Find out what your rights and interests are when contracts go wrong

If you’re involved with buying or leasing or selling commercial property, this course will be very useful to you as it keeps you abreast of what the changes are and how the new law brings about a significant expansion of scope and changes to a variety of complex and technical commercial property rules. 

This course aims to help you gain more awareness of the changes and give you the confidence to make well-informed decisions related to commercial property. A practical and informative course, you will be taken through some relevant and useful case studies and have your concerns addressed by a commercial property law legal expert. 

Outline

Sale and Purchase Agreements

• Legislative requirements that govern the salesperson during the Sale and Purchase process
• Eighth edition 2006(4) agreement
• Claims for compensation prior to settlement
• GST changes
• Unit title changes

Unit Titles Act 2010

• New disclosure obligations on sale of properties
• New rules and meeting and voting procedures
• Layered development structures
• New disclosure requirements on developers turnover
• Tenancy tribunal handles disputes

Rights and Interests in the Commercial Property Market 

• Issues arising from unconditional agreements
• Refund of deposit disputes
• Valuation claims
• Rent reviews and clauses
• Alternative rent review methods

Considerations in Commercial Leases

•            Provisions under short term lease
•            Provisions under sublease term
•            When is ground lease an appropriate arrangement
•            Landlord’s consent
•            Right to relief if lessor refuses to enter into a renewal
•            Cancellation and re-entry
•            Notice requirements
•            Insurance protection – and the effect of Christchurch earthquakes

Financial Service Providers and Financial Advisers

• Property Advisers and Managers may need to be registered
• Exemptions for most valuers and licensed real estate agents

Facilitator

Joanna Pidgeon, Pidgeon Law

Joanna Pidgeon is a commercial property and business law specialist. 

Joanna has a particular interest in property and advises on projects including apartment buildings, terraced housing developments, hotel and resort developments, commercial, office and retail building. She handles all aspects of fee simple, unit title, leasehold and cross lease subdivisions. Joanna is experienced in leasing matters representing both landlords and tenants and advises on green leasing.

Joanna acts for developers in the acquisition of land, obtaining resource and building consents, construction, subdivision and on sale of completed developments. She is experienced in sales on builder's terms and related finance issues, and in residential conveyancing. She often acts for financiers in property matters, including development projects, and in mortgagee sales.

Joanna often acts in the sale or acquisition of business and advises on commercial contracts. She provides structuring advice, and also advises on insolvency issues. Related to this is her practice in asset planning.

Joanna is a member of the New Zealand Law Society Property Law Section Land Titles Committee and the New Zealand Law Society CLE Property Law Consultative Group. She is also a member of the Auckland District Law Society's Property Law and Property Disputes Committees and is a former member of their Forms and Precedents Committee.

 

 

 

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