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This case (Jones v Padavatton [1969] 1 WLR 328), like Balfour v balfour (1919), demonstrates that domestic arrangements, however complex, are presumed not to create contracts, unless there is clear indication to the contrary. Unlike the earlier case, however, the complexity and precision of the arrangements in this one meant that the facts had at least to be considered, rather than being dismissed as outside the realm of contracts.

Mrs Jones offered to pay for her daughter, Mrs Padavatton, to study law if she (the daughter) left the USA and came to England. This she did. The mother then bought a house in London which the daughter lived in; her maintenance was payed from the rents of other tenants.

Eventually mother and daughter fell out, and Mrs Jones took action to reclaim possession of the house. It was ruled that although the circumstances were such that she could not have done this if the tenant had been anyone other than her daughter, there was no evidence to show that the case overruled the standard assumption that domestic arrangements are not contracts.