Mountford v Scott     1

“ That tentative opinion by Lord Wright does not seem to me to be well founded If the law does not recognise a contract to enter into a contract (when there is a fundamental term yet to be agreed) it seems to me it cannot recognise a contract to negotiate The reason is because it is too uncertain to have any binding force No court could estimate the damages because no one can tell whether the negotiations would be successful or would fall through; or if successful, what the result would be It seems to me that a contract to negotiate, like a contract to enter into a contract, is not a contract known to the law We were referred to the recent decision of Brightman J about an option