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

In R. v. Lai, 2021 SCC 52, December 8, 2021, the accused was convicted of the offence of sexual assault. On appeal (2021 BCCA 105), he argued that the trial

In R. v. Alcorn, 2021 MBCA 101, December 9, 2021, the accused was convicted of the offence of purchasing the sexual services of a child (child prostitution).  The accused had

In R. v. James, 2021 BCCA 453, February 6, 2021, the accused was sentenced to a period of ten years of imprisonment.  The sentencing judge proceeded in the absence of

R. v. Kollie, 2021 ABCA 389, November 26, 2021, at paragraphs 12 to 17: The youthfulness of an offender is potentially relevant to sentencing…As noted, the extent to which the

R. v. CD, 2021 NUCA 21, November 25, 2021, at paragraphs 13 and 14: …trial judges have an inherent ability to edit oral reasons, for example, by correcting the grammar

R. v. Chen, 2021 ABCA 382, November 25, 2021, at paragraphs 38 to 40: Denunciation encompasses society’s demonstration of its disapproval of the act in question. Theoretically, it reflects a

In R. v. Browne, 2021 ONCA 836, November 24, 2021, the accused was convicted of the offence of manslaughter.  At his trial, the Crown led evidence connecting the accused to

In R. v. Albashir, 2021 SCC 48, November 19, 2021, the accused were charged with the offence of living on the avails of sex work, contrary to section 212(1)(j) of