Barsdell v Kerr - [1979] 2 NZLR 731

Commercial law — Promissory note — Whether a handwritten document in which the maker agreed to pay a stipulated sum to a named person was a promissory note — Whether payment was enforceable as the consideration for the note was an illegal consideration — Bills of Exchange Act 1908, ss 8, 10, 30, 84 and 90 — Illegal Contracts Act 1970, ss 3 and 7.