Critically discuss the presumptions relating to the intention to create legal relations.

It is a generally accepted rule that there must be a means of identifying agreements, which on outward appearance may seem as contracts but they are actually regarded as being beyond the reach of legal remedies.   It is also accepted that for a contract to come into existence there must be elements of agreement and consideration. However, these elements also cannot express that a contract has been made which is legally binding. The underlying principle to make a contract legal enforceable is the notion of intention to create legal relations….(short extract)