The Illegal Contracts Act
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New Zealand law
The law of New Zealand uses the English common law system, inherited from being a part of the British Empire.
There are several sources of law, the primary ones being statutes enacted by the New Zealand Parliament and case law made by decisions ...
that manages how contracts are deemed illegal under either common law or under Statute.
Under this law, all such contracts are deemed illegal, but it gives wide
discretionary powers to grant relief, including granting orders such as ordering:
* validation (declaring the contract to be either partially or fully enforceable)
* variation of the contract
* restitution
* compensation (damages)
Cases
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Automobile Centre (Auckland) Ltd v Facer
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Barsdell v Kerr
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Catley v Herbert
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Duncan v McDonald
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Fenton v Scotty's Car Sales Ltd
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H & R Block Ltd v Sanott
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Harding v Coburn
Harding v Coburn 9762 NZLR 577 was a New Zealand case that was one of the first that upheld that the Illegal Contracts Act 1970 had the power to validate (i.e. make legal) despite the fact that another legal enactment "deemed to be unlawful an ...
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Knyvett v Christchurch Casinos Ltd
Knyvett v Christchurch Casinos Ltd 9992 NZLR 559 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding whether a contract illegal under statute, can be subsequently validated under the Illegal Contracts Act 1970.
Background
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Lower Hutt City Council v Martin
Lower Hutt City Council v Martin 9871 NZLR 321 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding the validation of contracts under the Illegal Contracts Act 1970.
Background
Patricia Martin worked for 8 1/2 years as a librarian at the Lower Hutt City ...
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Mercurius Ventures Ltd v Waitakere City Council
Mercurius Ventures Ltd v Waitakere City Council 9962 NZLR 495 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding whether a contract illegal under law, can be subsequently validated under the Illegal Contracts Act 1970
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NZI Bank Ltd v Euro-National Corp Ltd
NZI Bank Ltd v Euro-National Corp Ltd 9923 NZLR 528 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding whether a contract illegal under law, can be subsequently validated under the Illegal Contracts Act 1970.
Background
The employees of Euro-National dev ...
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Polymer Developments Group Ltd v Tilialo
''Polymer Developments Group Ltd v Tilialo'' 0023 NZLR 258 is a New Zealand case regarding the legality of contracts created to prevent a prosecution, which unlike the earlier similar precedents of Mall Finance v Slater 9762 NZLR 685 and Bars ...
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Re AIC Merchant Finance Ltd (in rec)
''Re AIC Merchant Finance Ltd (in rec)'' 9902 NZLR 385 (1990) 5 NZCLC 66,153 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding relief for Illegal Contracts under the Illegal Contracts Act 1970 where validation is not legally possible.
Background
AIC was ...
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Ross v Henderson
Ross v Henderson 9772 NZLR 458 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding illegal contracts that were later upheld that the Illegal Contracts Act 1970 had the power to validate (i.e. make legal) despite the fact that another legal enactment "deeme ...
External links
Illegal Contracts Act [1970]text of the Act
Statutes of New Zealand
1970 in New Zealand law
New Zealand contract law