United Kingdom Leading Case uncategorized

Walford v Miles

[1992] 2 AC 128; [1992] 1 All ER 453 (HL)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords (England)

Year1992

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

An agreement to negotiate, or to negotiate in good faith, is unenforceable for want of certainty and is inherently inconsistent with the adversarial position of negotiating parties; a bare 'lock-in' agreement to continue negotiating has no legal content.

Area of Law

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