GUILTY or NOT?CDN version

GUILTY or NOT? CDN / Glossary

Canadian legal glossary

wilful blindness

Deliberately not asking a question because you suspect the answer. In law it substitutes for actual knowledge — you cannot escape liability by choosing not to look.

Cases that turn on it

The 1 real Canadian case in the library whose brief uses this term. Read the facts, then decide — the verdict stays in the game.

See also: Fault and proof

A new real Canadian case every day. Read the brief, weigh the Crown against the defence, commit to a verdict, then see what the court decided — and why.