Keeping Up Is Hard to Do:
A Trial Judge’s Reading Blog

R. v. M.D., 2021 BCCA 339, September 24, 2021, at paragraph 56: Assessing credibility may be particularly challenging and nuanced when it involves a child witness.  Judges evaluate the evidence

In R. v. MacLennan, 2021 PECA 14, September 22, 2021, the accused was convicted of a number of offences. He appealed from sentence, arguing that the sentencing judge had erred

In Meijler v. R., [2021] NZCA 472, September 17, 2021, the accused pleaded guilty to using forged documents. She had photocopied a prescription and obtained additional medication.  She had longstanding

In Sentencing Older Offenders in Victoria (Sentencing Advisory Council, September 15, 2021), the Sentencing Council report studies “sentencing outcomes from 2010 to 2019 for offenders sentenced when aged 60 and

R. v. Alekozai, 2021 ONCA 633, September 20, 2021, at paragraphs 36 to 46: The essential elements of child luring under s. 172.1 may be briefly described as: · communication

R. v. Scott, 2021 ONCA 625, September 17, 2021, at paragraphs 64 to 77: A number of admissions were made under s. 655 of the Criminal Code, which provides: s.

In R. v. Burg and Khan, 2021 MBCA 77, September 15, 2021, the accused were charged with a number of drug-related offences. They elected to be tried in the Provincial

In Cyr-Desbois c. R., 2021 QCCA 305, February 23, 2021, the accused was convicted of the offence of operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level greater than 80

R. v. AB, 2021 SKCA 119, September 7, 2021, at paragraphs 41 and 42: These decisions demonstrate that it remains a matter of debate whether, absent proof of a Charter