Status: Completed
Project overview
This project reviewed six contract statutes with the assistance of leading experts. The preparation and wider dissemination of these valuable accounts of the jurisprudence which has developed around the statutes was the major purpose of the review.
Status: Completed
Project details
Key dates
Project start: 1 May 1990
Project close: 4 May 1993
Status: Completed
Preliminary Paper
“Unfair” Contracts (NZLC PP11, 1990)
The Commission's Preliminary Paper, "Unfair" Contracts (NZLC PP11, 1990) discusses the complex and controversial issue of "unfair", "unconscionable", or "oppressive" contracts, outlining the present state of the law as well as possibilities for changes to that law through legislation.
Status: Completed
Related documents
“Unfair” Contracts (NZLC PP11)
Published: 7 September 1990
NZLC Preliminary Paper PP11 pdf file (5.2 MB)Status: Completed
Report
Contract Statutes Review (NZLC R25, 1993)
The Commission's Report, Contract Statutes Review (NZLC R25, 1993).
Status: Completed
Related document
Status: Completed
Government response
Many of the recommendations were included in the Statutes Amendment Bill 2001.
There was no requirement for the Government to present a formal response to Commission reports before April 2009.
See Official Government response process | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC).
Status: Completed