The courts allow recovery if one or both of the parties to an illegal bargain are ignorant of the facts that made the bargain illegal.

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This is known as the doctrine of "ignorance of illegality" and it allows a party who is unaware of the illegality of a contract to recover any property or money lost as a result of the contract. However, recovery may not be allowed if the party should have known about the illegality or if they were willfully ignorant of it.

The Courts Allow Recovery If One or Both of the Parties