Rothmans of Pall Mall (NZ) Ltd v Attorney-General - [1991] 2 NZLR 323

Contract — Enforcement of contract — Lack of consideration — Minister of Health signed document with cigarette manufacturers in which they agreed to restrict the advertising of tobacco products in lieu of further legislative restrictions during currency of agreement — Whether the document was an agreement between the parties or was simply a statement of Government policy — Whether the executive could restrict the legislative competence of Parliament by contract — Whether the agreement was unenforceable for lack of consideration.