Oxford Mods Criminal Law: the cases

Every case on the 2026-27 Mods Criminal Law list, in the list's own topic order, with a free brief for each: ratio, the judgments, key reasoning, how the case fits the module and the leading criticisms. Oxford material on Caselaw is free for everyone, with no sign-up.

The briefs are written with AI from each case's name, citation and general legal knowledge (never from the judgment text), with no quotations or paragraph pinpoints. 44 of these judgments are on Find Case Law, linked from each page; the rest (mostly pre-2001 and House of Lords) are not, so read the report.

Topic 1 – Basic Principles of Criminal Law

R v Larsonneur (1933) 149 LT 142, (1934) 24 Cr. App. R. 74
Attorney-General Reference (No 2 of 1992) [1994] QB 91, [1993] 3 W.L.R. 982
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789, [1993] 2 W.L.R. 316
Miller [1983] 2 AC 161, [1983] Crim LR 466
Stone and Dobinson [1977] QB 354, [1977] Crim LR 166
Roberts [1971] 56 Cr. App. R. 95, [1972] Crim LR 27
R v Jordan (1956) 40 Cr App R 153
R v Smith [1959] 2 QB 35, (1959) 43 Cr. App. R. 121
R v Malcherek [1981] 2 All ER 422, [1981] Crim. L.R. 401
R v Cheshire [1991] 3 All ER 670, [1991] Crim. L.R. 709
R v Blaue [1975] 3 All ER 446, [1976] Crim LR 648
R v Pagett (1983) 76 Cr App R 279, [1983] Crim. L.R. 393
Kennedy (Simon) v R [2007] UKHL 38, (2008) Crim LR 222
R v Hughes [2013] UKSC 56, [2014] Crim LR 234
R v Wallace [2018] EWCA Crim 690
Benjamin Luke Field v R [2026] EWCA Crim 413not republished here
R v Steane [1947] KB 997, (1948) 32 Cr. App. R. 61
Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 122, [1986] Crim. L.R. 113
Moloney [1985] AC 905, [1985] 1 All ER 1025
Woollin [1999] 1 AC 82, [1998] Crim. L.R. 890
Re A (children) (conjoined twins; surgical separation) [2001] 2 W.L.R. 480, [2001] Crim. L.R. 400
Matthews and Alleyne [2003] EWCA Crim 192, [2003] 2 Cr. App. R. 30
R v Cunningham [1957] 2 QB 396, [1957] 2 All E.R. 412
Caldwell [1982] AC 341, [1981] Crim. L.R. 392
R v G and another [2003] UKHL 50, [2004] Crim. L.R. 369
R v Parker [1977] 2 All ER 37, [1977] Crim. L.R. 102
R v Stephenson [1979] QB 695, [1979] Crim. L.R. 590
Morgan [1976] AC 182, [1975] Crim. L.R. 717
Sweet v Parsley [1970] AC 132, [1969] 2 W.L.R. 470
Latimer [1886] 17 QB 359
Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1969] 1 QB 439, [1968] 3 W.L.R. 1120
Thabo Meli v R [1954] 1 WLR 228, [1954] 1 All E.R. 373
R v Church [1966] 1 QB 59, [1965] 2 W.L.R. 1220
R v Le Brun [1992] QB 61, [1991] 3 W.L.R. 653
Attorney-General's Reference (No 3 of 1994) [1998] AC 245, [1997] Crim. L.R. 829

Topic 2 – Homicide

Re A (children) (conjoined twins; surgical separation) [2001] 2 W.L.R. 480, [2001] Crim. L.R. 400
R v Cunningham [1982] AC 566, [1981] 3 W.L.R. 223
R v Clinton [2012] EWCA Crim 2, [2012] Crim. L.R. 539
R v Asmelash [2013] EWCA Crim 157, [2013] 1 Cr App R 33, [2013] Crim. L.R. 599not republished here
Dowds v R [2012] EWCA Crim 281not republished here
Golds v R [2016] UKSC 61
R v Lamb [1967] 2 QB 981, [1967] 3 W.L.R. 888
DPP v Newbury and Jones [1977] AC 500, [1977] Crim. L.R. 359
R v Dawson (1985) 81 Cr App R 150, [1985] Crim LR 383
R v Watson [1989] 1 W.L.R. 684, [1989] Crim LR 733
Adomako [1995] 1 AC 171, [1994] Crim. L.R. 757
R v Evans [2009] EWCA Crim 650, [2009] Crim. L.R. 661
Rose v R (Rev 1) [2017] EWCA Crim 1168
Winterton v R. [2018] EWCA Crim 2435not republished here

Topic 3 – Non-Fatal Offences against the Person

Logdon v DPP [1976] Crim LR 121
R v Venna [1976] QB 421, [1975] Crim. L.R. 701
R v Ireland [1998] AC 147, [1997] Crim LR 810
R v Martin (1881) 8 QBD 54
Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 W.L.R. 1172, [1984] Crim LR 481
DPP v Santana-Bermudez [2003] EWHC 2908 (Admin), [2004] Crim LR 471
Savage and Parmenter [1992] 1 AC 699, [1992] Crim. L.R. 288
T v DPP [2003] EWHC 266 (Admin), [2003] Crim LR 622
DPP v Smith [2006] EWHC 94 (Admin), [2006] Crim LR 528
R v Bollom [2003] EWCA Crim 2846, [2004] 2 Cr App R 6not republished here
R v Dica [2004] EWCA Crim 1103, [2004] Q.B. 1257
Attorney General's Reference (No. 6 of 1980) [1981] QB 715, [1981] Crim. L.R. 553
R v Brown [1994] 1 AC 212, [1993] 2 W.L.R. 556
R v Wilson [1997] Q.B. 47, [1996] 3 W.L.R. 125
R v Konzani [2005] EWCA Crim 706, [2005] 2 Cr App R 14
R v Barnes [2004] EWCA Crim 3246, [2005] Crim LR 381
Simon Slingsby [1995] Crim LR 570
H v CPS [2010] EWHC 1374 (Admin), [2012] Q.B. 257not republished here
R v BM [2018] EWCA Crim 560not republished here
Martin Hobday v R [2025] EWCA Crim 46, [2025] EWCA 46not republished here
R v Tabassum [2000] 2 Cr App R 328, [2000] Crim LR 686
R v Richardson [1999] Q.B. 444, [1999] Crim. L.R. 62

Topic 4 – Sexual Offences

R v Olugboja [1982] QB 320, [1981] 3 W.L.R. 585
R v Bree [2007] EWCA Crim 804, [2007] Crim LR 900not republished here
R v Ciccarelli [2011] EWCA Crim 2665, [2012] 1 Cr. App. R. 15
R v Ali & Anor [2015] EWCA Crim 1279not republished here
Flattery (1887) 2 QBD 410
R v Williams [1923] 1 KB 340, (1924) 17 Cr. App. R. 56
R v Linekar [1995] 3 All ER 69, [1995] Crim. L.R. 320
R v Jheeta [2007] EWCA Crim 1699, [2008] Crim. L.R. 144
Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority [2011] EWHC 2849 (Admin), [2011] EWHC 2849
Bingham [2013] EWCA Crim 823, [2013] 2 Cr. App. R. 29not republished here
R v McNally [2013] EWCA Crim 1051, [2014] QB 593not republished here
R (Monica) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2018] EWHC 3508 (Admin)
R v Lawrance [2020] EWCA Crim 971

Topic 5 – Property Offences

Lawrence v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1972] AC 626, [1971] 3 W.L.R. 225
R v Morris [1984] AC 320, [1983] Crim. L.R. 813
Gomez [1993] AC 442 [1993] AC 442, [1993] Crim. L.R. 304
R v Hinks [2000] 3 WLR 1590, [2001] Crim. L.R. 162
R v Briggs [2003] EWCA Crim 3662, [2004] Crim LR 495
R v Pitham and Hehl (1977) 65 Cr. App. R. 45, [1977] Crim. L.R. 285
Oxford v Moss (1979) 68 Cr App R 183
R v Turner (No 2) [1971] 1 W.L.R. 901, [1971] 2 All E.R. 441
R v Ghosh [1982] Q.B. 1053, [1982] Crim. L.R. 608
Ivey v Genting Casinos [2017] UKSC 67
Booth & Anor v R. [2020] EWCA Crim 575not republished here
R v Lloyd [1985] QB 829, [1985] Crim. L.R. 518
Mitchell, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 850not republished here
Hale (1978) 68 Cr App R 415, [1979] Crim. L.R. 596
R v Dawson and James (1977) 64 Cr App R 170
Collins [1973] QB 100 [1973] QB 100, [1972] Crim. L.R. 498
R v Jones and Smith [1976] 1 W.L.R. 672, [1976] 3 All E.R. 54
R v Ryan (1996) 160 JP 610, [1996] Crim. L.R. 320
R v Walkington [1979] 1 W.L.R. 1169, [1979] Crim. L.R. 526
R (Wilkinson) v DPP [2006] EWHC 3012 (Admin), [2006] EWHC 3012not republished here
R v Vincent [2001] EWCA Crim 295, [2001] Crim. L.R. 488
R v Valujevs [2014] EWCA Crim 2888
Metropolitan Police Commissioner v Charles [1977] AC 177, [1977] Crim. L.R. 615
R v Smith (David) [1974] QB 354, [1974] Crim. L.R. 101
R v Denton [1981] 1 W.L.R. 1446, [1982] Crim. L.R. 107
Attorney General's Reference (No 1 of 2023) [2024] EWCA Crim 243not republished here

Topic 6 – Complicity

R v JF Alford Transport Ltd [1997] 2 Cr App R 326, [1997] Crim. L.R. 745
National Coal Board v Gamble [1959] 1 QB 11, [1958] 3 W.L.R. 434
R v Clarkson [1971] 1 W.L.R. 1402, [1971] 3 All E.R. 344
R v Calhaem [1985] QB 808, [1985] Crim. L.R. 303
Blakely and Sutton v DPP [1991] RTR 405, [1991] Crim. L.R. 763
Attorney General's Reference (No 1 of 1975) [1975] QB 773, [1975] 2 All ER 684
R v Bainbridge [1960] 1 QB 129, [1959] 3 W.L.R. 656
Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v Maxwell [1978] 1 W.L.R. 1350, [1978] 3 All ER 1140
R v Bryce [2004] EWCA Crim 1231, [2004] 2 Cr. App. R. 35not republished here
R v Jogee; Ruddock v The Queen [2016] UKSC 8, [2016] UKPC 7
Anwar & Ors, R. v [2016] EWCA Crim 551not republished here
R v Johnson and others [2016] EWCA Crim 1613
Grant v R [2021] EWCA Crim 1243not republished here
Adrian Pop v R [2026] EWCA Crim 774not republished here
R v Gilmour [2000] 2 Cr App R 407, [2000] Crim. L.R. 763
R v Bourne (1952) 36 Cr App R 125
Howe [1987] AC 417, [1987] Crim. L.R. 480
R v Millward (1994) 158 J.P. 1091, [1994] Crim. L.R. 527
Thornton v Mitchell [1940] 1 All ER 339
R v Rook [1993] 2 All ER 955, [1993] Crim LR 698
R v Becerra and Cooper (1976) 62 Cr App R 212
R v O'Flaherty & Ors [2004] EWCA Crim 526, [2004] Crim LR 751not republished here
R v Tyrell [1894] 1 QB 710
R v Gnango [2011] UKSC 59, [2012] 1 A.C. 827

Topic 7 - Inchoate Liability

Sadique v R [2013] EWCA Crim 1150, [2014] Crim. L.R. 61not republished here
R v Anderson [1986] AC 27
R v Siracusa (1989) 90 Cr App R 340, [1989] Crim LR 712not republished here
Yip Chiu-Cheung v The Queen [1995] 1 AC 111, [1994] Crim. L.R. 824
R v Saik [2006] UKHL 18, [2006] Crim. L.R. 998
R v Gullefer [1990] 1 WLR 1063, [1987] Crim. L.R. 195
R v Geddes (1996) 160 J.P. 697, [1996] Crim LR 894
R v Jones [1990] 1 W.L.R. 1057
R v Campbell (1991) 93 Cr App R 350, [1991] Crim. L.R. 268
R v Tosti and White [1997] Crim LR 746
R v Khan [1990] 1 WLR 813, [1990] Crim LR 519
Attorney-General Reference (No 3 of 1992) [1994] WLR 409, [1994] Crim LR 348
R v Pace and Rogers [2014] EWCA Crim 186, [2014] 1 W.L.R. 2867
Anderton v Ryan [1985] AC 560, [1985] Crim. L.R. 503
R v Shivpuri [1987] AC 1, [1986] Crim. L.R. 536

Topic 8 – Incapacity and General Defences

R v JTB [2009] UKHL 20, [2009] Crim. L.R. 581
R v Clarke [1972] 1 All ER 219, (1972) 56 Cr. App. R. 225
McNaghten (1843) 10 Cl & Fin 200
Hill v Baxter [1958] 1 QB 277, [1958] 2 W.L.R. 76
R v Sullivan [1984] AC 156, [1983] Crim. L.R. 740
R v Quick [1973] QB 910, [1973] Crim. L.R. 434
R v Hennessy [1989] 2 All ER 9, [1989] Crim. L.R. 356
R v Burgess [1991] 2 Q.B. 92, [1991] Crim. L.R. 548
Keal [2022] EWCA Crim 341not republished here
DPP v Majewski [1977] AC 443, [1976] Crim. L.R. 374
R v Bailey [1983] 1 W.L.R. 760, [1983] Crim. L.R. 533
R v Hardie [1985] 1 W.L.R. 64, [1984] 3 All ER 848
R v Allen [1988] Crim LR 698
R v Kingston [1995] 2 AC 355, [1994] Crim. L.R. 846
R v Lipman [1970] 1 QB 152
R v Heard [2007] EWCA Crim 125, [2007] Crim LR 654not republished here
R v Richardson and Irwin [1999] 1 Cr App R 392, [1999] Crim. L.R. 494
Jaggard v Dickinson [1981] QB 527, [1980] Crim. L.R. 717
R v Clegg [1995] 1 AC 482, [1995] Crim. L.R. 418
R v Martin (Anthony) [2001] EWCA Crim 2245, [2002] Crim. L.R. 136
R v Keane; R v McGrath [2010] EWCA Crim 2514, [2011] Crim LR 393
R v Hichens [2011] EWCA Crim 1626not republished here
R v Ray [2017] EWCA Crim 1391
R v Hudson and Taylor [1971] 2 QB 202, [1971] 2 W.L.R. 1047not republished here
R v Abdul-Hussain [1999] Crim LR 570
R v Gotts [1992] 2 AC 412, [1992] 2 W.L.R. 284
R v Bowen [1997] 1 W.L.R. 372, [1996] Crim. L.R. 577
R v Hasan [2005] UKHL 22, [2006] Crim LR 142
Ness [2011] Crim LR 645not republished here
R v Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 QBD 273
R v Conway [1989] QB 290, [1989] Crim. L.R. 74
R v Martin [1989] 1 All ER 652, [1989] Crim. L.R. 284not republished here
R v Quayle [2005] EWCA Crim 1415, [2006] Crim. L.R. 148not republished here
R v Williams (Gladstone) [1987] 3 All ER 411, [1984] Crim. L.R. 163

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