The doctrine of wilful blindness in drug offences: Adili Chibuike Ejike v Public Prosecutor [2019] 2 SLR 254

• Main Author: WHANG, Rennie
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Misuse of Drugs Act; presumption of knowledge; courts; Singapore; Asian Studies; Courts; Food and Drug Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3272; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5230/viewcontent/32SAcLJ305_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In Adili Chibuike Ejike v Public Prosecutor [2019] 2 SLR 254, the Court of Appeal clarified the operation of the wilful blindness doctrine in the context of knowing possession for drug offences. In particular, it affirmed wilful blindness as a doctrine of substantive rather than evidential law, whic...