car for the use of one of its directors, having only made two or three such purchases in the past. Dillon LJ (at p 330) said: : In principle, numerous control mechanisms are open to Parliament when legislating afresh, as was the case when the 1977 Act was passed. The provisions could focus on procedural unfairness by providing for statutory cooling-off periods or for defences based on the unconscionable way in which the contract was brought about. Alternatively, they could focus on

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Dillon LJ (at p 330) said: There are some transactions which are clearly integral parts of the business concerned, and these should be held to have been carried out in the course of those businesses ... There are other transactions, however, such as the purchase of the car in the present case, which are at highest only incidental to the carrying on of the relevant business; here a degree of regularity is required before it can be said that they are an integral part of the business carried on, and so entered into in the course of that business.