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

R. v. Devein [2023] NICA 40, June 16, 2023, at paragraph 12: We agree with the prosecution that there is no proposition of law that a sentence for a preparatory

R. v. SIDHU, 2023 ABCA 184, JUNE 15, 2023. FACTS: The accused was convicted of the offence of impaired driving causing death. At his trial, the Crown presented evidence from

On May 23, 2023, the Law Commission (England and Wales) released a consultation paper entitled Evidence in Sexual Offences Prosecutions. The consultation paper was designed to review the “current law”

R. v. Nystrom, 2023 BCCA 232, June 8, 2023, at paragraphs 21 and 22: A medically recognized mental disorder such as cognitive impairment, which has caused or contributed to the

R. v. DIAKITE, 2023 MBCA 42, MAY 11, 2023. FACTS: The accused was convicted of the offence of sexual assault. He appealed, arguing that the trial judge erred in applying

R. v. FREEDLAND, 2023 ONCA 386, MAY 30, 2023. FACTS: The accused was convicted of the offence of counselling extortion. At his trial, a store clerk, who sold a shotgun

R. v. Chahal, 2023 ABCJ 106, May 9, 2023, at paragraph 63: In summary (as the law relates to the case at bar): 1. A permanent resident can become “inadmissible”

R. v. Fox, 2023 BCCA 198, May 15, 2023, at paragraph 42: Section 733.1 of the Criminal Code makes it an offence to fail or refuse to comply with a

In R. v. Penner, 2023 BCCA 191, May 8, 2023, the British Columbia Court of Appeal concluded that the four-year minimum mandatory sentence contained within section 236(a) of the Criminal