Luhrs v Baird Investments Limited - [1958] NZLR 663

Hire purchase — Hire purchase Agreement — Agreement in Contravention of Statutory Provisions void inter partes and in Hands of Assignee — Claim by Hirer for Return of Payments — Counterclaim by Assignee for Deficiency in Payments under Agreement — Fraud or Conspiracy not pleaded — Hirer not estopped from setting up Defence of Illegality — Economic Stabilisation Act 1948, s. 18 — Hire-purchase and Credit Sales Stabilization Regulations (No. 2) 1955 (S.R. 1955/184), Regs. 3, 8, 10.