Ross v Henderson - [1977] 2 NZLR 458

Sale of land — Restrictive legislation — Farm land — Option to purchase contained in memorandum of lease — Availability of procedure of statutory declaration for option to purchase — Omission from lessee's declaration of reference to option to purchase — Land Settlement Promotion and Land Acquisition Act 1952, ss 23(1)(e), 24.

Contract — Void and illegal contracts — Transaction declared illegal and of no effect by statute — Court's jurisdiction to validate illegal contract declared to have no effect — Land Settlement Promotion and Land Acquisition Act 1952, ss 24, 25(4) - Illegal Contracts Act 1970, ss 3, 6, 7.