Otuo v Morley (1) and Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Great Britain (2)

Abstract

Contract – Intention to create legal relations – Religious Organisation – Claimant alleging admittance in 1992 as international member of second defendant Society – Second defendant Society not incepted until 1999 – Membership of second defendant Society confined to those invited to join and elders – Claimant satisfying neither criteria – Claimant expelled from fellowship of the Society in 2011 – Action brought by claimant for slander arising from process leading to expulsion – Application for permission to add claim for breach of contract in respect of process leading to expulsion – Whether intention to create legal relations could be established between the parties – Whether contractual relationship between the parties could be established – Whether permission to amend claim should be granted