Is there a presumption in common law that a person intends their actions?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R v McLeod, 2011 SKPC 180 (CanLII):
There was a longstanding presumption in common law, now described as a reasonable inference which may be drawn, that a person intends the natural consequences of his actions (see reference to the inference in Seymour v. R. (1996), 1996 CanLII 201 (SCC), 106 C.C.C. (3d) 520 (S.C.C.)).
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