AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Formation of a Contract
Intention to Create Legal Relations
- 3 things to know
- Paper 3
Overview
Recall questions on why intention is essential, the presumptions for commercial and domestic agreements and the evidence that rebuts each.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What principle was established in Balfour v Balfour?
Why might a court find that an agreement between family members to share competition winnings is legally binding?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
Why is intention to create legal relations considered an essential requirement for a valid contract?
Model answer
Because the parties must intend their agreement to be legally binding and enforceable by the courts; without this intention, the agreement cannot constitute a contract.
- 2
What presumption applies to commercial or business agreements regarding intention to create legal relations?
Model answer
There is a rebuttable presumption that the parties intend to create legal relations.
- 3
A commercial contract contains a clause stating the agreement is 'binding in honour only'. What is the legal effect?
Model answer
The clause rebuts the commercial presumption, meaning the agreement does not create legal relations and is not enforceable by the courts.
- 4
What type of evidence can rebut the presumption against legal relations in domestic agreements?
Model answer
Evidence showing the parties did intend legal consequences, such as the serious nature of the agreement or reliance by one party.
- 5
What principle was established in Balfour v Balfour?
Model answer
That agreements between spouses living together in amity are presumed not to create legal relations.
- 6
If a husband and wife who are happily married make an agreement about household expenses, would this normally be enforceable?
Model answer
No, because under Balfour v Balfour, agreements between spouses living together in amity are presumed not to create legal relations.
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