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

Soto & Anor, Re (Re Section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988) (Rev1) [2023] EWCA Crim 55, January 26, 2023, at paragraphs 31 to 32: The maximum sentence for

In D.P.P. v. Duffy, [2023] IESC 1, January 19, 2023, the accused pleaded guilty to the offence of causing serious harm, contrary to section 4 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against

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