<P> Intention to create legal relations', otherwise "intention to be legally bound", is a doctrine used in contract law, particularly English contract law and related common law jurisdictions . </P> <P> The doctrine establishes whether a court should presume that parties to an agreement wish it to be enforceable at law, and it states that an agreement is legally enforceable only if the parties are deemed to have intended it to be a binding contract . </P> <P> A contract is a legally binding agreement . Once an offer has been accepted, there is an agreement, but not necessarily a contract . The element that converts any agreement into a true contract is "intention to create legal relations". There must be evidence that the parties intended the agreement to be subject to the law of contract . If evidence of intent is found, the agreement gives rise to legal obligations whereby any party in breach may be sued . </P> <P> In English law, there are two judicial devices to help a court to decide whether there is intent: the earlier objective test, & the later rebuttable presumption . Both tests are used together in combination . </P>

When is it assumed that there is never an intention to create legal relations