Question

This is a maxim of tort law: "Ex turpi causa non oritur actio".

Options

• A person cannot pursue a cause of action if it arises out of his own guilty act

• A person cannot be guilty if he has no reason to commit the crime

• The victim of a crime has a right to sue the perpetrator in tort

• Friends who commit crimes together cannot be tried together

Answer 1

A person cannot pursue a cause of action if it arises out of his own guilty act