Cameo Motors Limited v Portland Holdings Limited - [1965] NZLR 109

Contract — Void and illegal contracts — Illegal hire purchase agreement assigned to finance company — Whether assignment illegal — Whether covenants contained in assignment severable

Hire purchase — Hire purchase agreement in writing but omitting material terms — Whether illegal — Effect of adding omitted terms later — Whether assignment of such agreement also illegal — Whether covenants in such assignment severable and thus enforceable — Whether amount advanced by assignee recoverable as moneys lent or as moneys had and received — Hire Purchase and Credit Sales Stabilisation Regulations 1957 (Reprint) (S.R. 1963/149) Regs. 2, 3, 8 (a), Item 1, First Schedule.