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

In R. v. Cunningham, 2023 ONCA 36, January 20, 2023, the Ontario Court of Appeal indicated that in “a domestic context, the objectives of denunciation and deterrence gain added significance

In Holder, R. v [2023] EWCA CRIM 5, January 13, 2023, the accused was convicted of the offence of dangerous driving causing death, contrary to section 1 of the Road

R. v. Singharath, 2023 SKCA 6, January 6, 2023, at paragraph 22: In determining whether an accused had the requisite state of mind, a trial judge may infer that a

In R. v. P.R.J., 2023 BCCA 13, January 11, 2023, the accused was convicted of the offence of invitation to sexual touching, contrary to section 152 of the Criminal Code. 

It is not unusual in a sexual assault trial in Canada for the accused to argue that consensual sexual contact they had with the complainant, before the alleged offence, is

In R. v. Ratt, 2023 SKCA 2, January 5, 2023, the accused was charged with the offence of discharging a firearm, contrary to section 244.2(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. The

Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to review those decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada in the time-period of January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, that

Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to review those decisions rendered by the Court of Appeal for Newfoundland and Labrador between the time-period of January 1, 2022,   to December

In R. v. Morrison, 2022 ABPC 246, December 6, 2022, the accused was charged with an offence, contrary to section 127 of the Criminal Code.  It was alleged that he