“It is established that negotiations which meet the requirements of offer, acceptance and consideration may fail to be enforceable at common law as a contract because it is said there was an absence of legal intent.” Clarke “Contract Law in Ireland” 6th Ed

“It is established that negotiations which meet the requirements of offer, acceptance and consideration may fail to be enforceable at common law as a contract because it is said there was an absence of legal intent.”
Clarke “Contract Law in Ireland” 6th Ed (2008)Pg 96
Critically discuss the areas where the law assumes an intention to create legal relations AND where the law does not presume that there is an intention to create legal relations.

In your answer it is necessary to refer to BOTH case law and academic commentary.