Chapter 1C – Cases relating to Intention to Create Legal Relation

CHAPTER 1C
Topic Case Brief Desription
Domestic/ social à w/o Intention to Create Legal Relation Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 夫外地工作承諾每月寄妻生活費,其後離婚夫停付,妻告法庭,官判無 consideration 故無 contract to bind,即使有,也沒有 intention for legal relationship.
Domestic/ social à w/o Intention to Create Legal Relation Jones v Padavatton CA [1969] [1969] 1 WLR 328, [1969] 2 All ER 616 母付費予女往英讀法,後再承諾買屋給女,其後母在女還未畢業就收回屋,女告上法庭,官判無 contract 因雙方無 intention to create legal relations
Domestic/ social à with  Intention to Create Legal Relation Merritt v Merritt [1970] 1 WLR 1211 夫妻離婚期間搞協議,夫承諾給贍養費,其後反悔,妻告法庭,官判協議 binding,因認為在已破裂的關係下所作之協議,會希望劃清界線,故會有 intention to create legal relationship
Domestic/ social à with  Intention to Create Legal Relation Simpkins v Pays [1955] 1 WLR 975

 

三女參與報載比賽,由其中一女將各人之投件一拼投寄報館,其中一人之投件勝出,該女不肯三人攤分獎金,官判該 agreement to ‘go shares’ has intention to create legal relationship
Domestic/ social à with  Intention to Create Legal Relation Parker v Clark [1960] 1 WLR 286 年輕夫婦賣屋搬往老親戚同住以便照顧,老親戚承諾其屋歸夫婦擁有。The old relatives broke the promise subsequently
Commercial – with intention Edwards v Skyways Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 349 航空公司解僱機師承諾 voluntary補償 (ex gratia)
Commercial – with intention Ma Ip Hung v Lai Chuen t/a Kin Hing Factory[1957] HKLR 32
Commercial – honourable pledge clause Rose and Frank Co v J R Crompton & Brothers Ltd [1925] AC 445 兩人次協議包函 honourable pledge clause指該協議無法律效應,HL 判honourable pledge clause 可令協議 no legal binding但只適用於 general framework agreement 而不適用該agreement 當下之particular order ,故該 order仍是 legal binding