The defence of illegality can:

d. prevent a plaintiff from recovering compensation for fines, or for lost proceeds or profits of crime

c. prevent a plaintiff from recovering compensation for criminal fines paid

b. prevent nothingthe defence is no longer valid under Canadian law

a. prevent a plaintiff from recovering any damages at all, if the plaintiff can prove that any aspect of the defendant's behaviour was illegal

Which of the following statements about the defence of contributory negligence is NOT true?

d. If an accident, such as a car crash, is the defendant's fault, there is no way in which the plaintiff can be held to be contributorily negligent.

c. A plaintiff who is in a car crash that was the defendant's fault and who suffers injuries will be held to be contributorily negligent if the evidence suggests that the plaintiff was not wearing a seat belt, and that his or her injuries resulted in part from not wearing a seat belt.

b. Plaintiffs have a duty to take precautions for their own safety and cannot simply count on the defendant to protect them.

a. A defendant must prove that the plaintiff's own actions contributed to the harm that the plaintiff suffered.