| 单词 | Letter of intent |
| 释义 | 意向書 1. A preliminary contractual arrangement customarily used in situations where there is fundamental agreement on the main essentials of a contract with some provisions requiring further time-consuming negotiations: Ali v Ahmed (1996) 71 P & CR D39 (CA). However, whilst agreement may have been reached in the business sense, the danger is that there may be no intention to create legal relations until the formal contract is signed: Telephone Rentals Ltd v Museum Estates Ltd (1948) 151 EG 17. The fact that it is accompanied by a statement that the acceptor desires that the arrangement should be put into a more formal shape does not relieve either party from his liability under the provisional agreement: Yiu Yau Ping v Fong Yee Lan [1992] 2 HKLR 167 (CA); Chan Yock Kwong v Wong Hee Mao [1962] HKLR 480. 2. A letter from a proprietor to its preferred tenderer expressing an intention to enter into a contract: British Steel Corp v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd [1984] 1 All ER 504, (1983) 24 BLR 94. A letter of intent may be issued where the proprietor does not wish, or is not able, to enter into a formal contract with the tenderer immediately, but wishes that the preferred tenderer not withdraw its tender, but commence to ready itself for, or even make a start on, the work. Such a letter will not normally constitute an acceptance of the tender, nor oblige the proprietor to enter into a formal contract: Turriff Construction Ltd & Turriff Ltd v Regalia Knitting Mills Ltd (1971) 9 BLR 20. It may, however, amount to a promise by the proprietor that if the contractor undertakes some work it will receive payment even if no contract is entered into: British Steel Corp v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd, supra. Also known as ‘letter of comfort’. See also Proprietor; Tender. 1.為合約的要素達成基本協議後，但有些條款還需時作進一步談判，在這種情況下，一種習慣上合約各方採用的初步合約安排：Ali v Ahmed (1996) 71 P & CR D39（英國上訴法院）。然而，在商業意義上雖然已達成協議，但合約各方可能沒有意欲在正式簽訂合約前產生法律關係：Telephone Rentals Ltd v Museum Estates Ltd (1948) 151 EG 17。有說明附隨著意向書謂接受者希望把安排變得正式一點，此一事實並不解除任何一方就臨時協議的法律責任：Yiu Yau Ping v Fong Yee Lan [1992] 2 HKLR 167（上訴法院）; Chan Yock Kwong v Wong Hee Mao [1962] HKLR 480。 2.東主發給他認為較可取之投標人的信函，表示要與後者簽訂合約的意向：British Steel Corp v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd [1984] 1 All ER 504, (1983) 24 BLR 94。當東主不願或不能馬上與投標人簽訂正式合約，但卻希望他認為較可取之投標人不撤回投標，並開始預備，甚至開始工作，東主可向其發出意向書。此意向書一般不構成接受投標，亦不就簽定正式合約使東主承擔上法律責任：Turriff Construction Ltd & Turriff Ltd v Regalia Knitting Mills Ltd (1971) 9 BLR 20。但意向書可就下述構成東主的承諾，即如承包商著手做某工作，就算最後沒有簽訂合約，該承包商仍可獲得付款：British Steel Corp v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd, 見上文。另稱‘letter of comfort’。另見 Proprietor; Tender。 |
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