Brown v Brown - [1980] 1 NZLR 484

Contract — Restraint of trade — Reasonableness — Fraternal conflict prevented brothers continuing in business together — One brother bought the others shares in a successful welldrilling business — Vendor and his family entered into a covenant in restraint of trade for 20 years — Whether covenant void at common law — Whether covenant should be modified under s 8 of the Illegal Contracts Act 1970.