Hayes and Another v Sutherland and Another - [1959] NZLR 1377

Contract — Contract for Sale of Land — Consent of Court required — No Consent obtained — Contract declared by Legislature to have No Effect — Moneys paid in Purported Pursuance of Its Terms paid for Consideration which has failed — Such Moneys recoverable

Sale of Land — Land Settlement Promotion — Consent of Court not obtained — Transaction of No Effect — Contract of Sale Ineffectual and Unlawful — Deposit paid recoverable — "Unlawful and of no effect" — Land Settlement Promotion Act 1952, ss. 24, 25.