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{{Infobox Court Case , name = Jones v Padavatton , court =
Court of Appeal An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to Hearing (law), hear a Legal case, case upon appeal from a trial court or other ...
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[19691 WLR 328; All ER 616 "> subsequent actions = , opinions = , transcripts = , keywords = Creating legal relations, enforceability , Judges= Lord Justice Danckwerts, Lord Justice Salmon, Fenton Atkinson, Lord Justice Fenton Atkinson ''Jones v Padavatton'' [1968
EWCA Civ 4
is a leading English decision on contract law. The decision demonstrates how domestic agreements, such as in between a mother and daughter, are presumed not to be legally binding unless there is clear intention.


Facts

A mother, Mrs Violet Lalgee Jones, agreed with her daughter, Mrs Ruby Padavatton, that if she would give up her secretary job at the Indian embassy in Washington DC and study for the bar in England, the mother would pay maintenance (from Trinidad, East Indian descent). The mother gave monthly payments of 42 pounds and then bought a London house (the daughter moved out of a one-room flat in Acton to 181 Highbury Quadrant,
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) which she lived in and rented out. Then they had a quarrel while Mrs Padavatton was still completing her bar exams at
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. The mother brought an action for possession of the house. The daughter argued there was a binding contract that she could stay.


Judgment

The Court held that there was no binding contract. Although there would have been a contract if it was not the domestic parties related, there was insufficient evidence to rebut the presumption against domestic arrangements. Also, the Court of Appeal stated that the agreement would last until the daughter had passed her Bar finals; yet 5 years had elapsed and she had still not passed them, therefore the contract had elapsed.


See also

* Intention to create legal relations *''
Balfour v Balfour ''Balfour v Balfour'' 9192 KB 571 is a leading English contract law case. It held that there is a rebuttable presumption against an intention to create a legally enforceable agreement when the agreement is domestic in nature. Facts Mr. Balfour ...
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Merritt v Merritt ''Merritt v Merritt'' creating legal relations. While under the principles laid out in '' Balfour v Balfour'', domestic agreements between spouses are rarely legally enforceable, this principle was rebutted where two spouses who formed an agree ...
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English enforceability case law Court of Appeal (England and Wales) cases 1968 in United Kingdom case law