“I have considered this situation with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, but he does not think it necessary to use his power under the Public Order Act 1936 to prohibit the demonstration. He will have a large force of police officers on duty, who will seek to facilitate peaceful demonstration. By using their traditional methods, they will enforce the law and arrest alleged offenders… I have thought carefully about the general issues of freedom and order… My conclusion is that, in the absence of plain evidence of widespread violence, interference with the right to hold meetings, even of this size, would be a bad precedent which would endanger freedom in this country.”

The aim of this article is to examine the purpose and effect of the alleged rule of English law that an agreement supported by consideration will not be enforceable as a contract unless there is additional proof of an intention to create legal relations.