Updates in Criminal Law

R v Field (Benjamin) [2026] EWCA Crim 413

Alex Benn, Lecturer in Law at University College and St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, and Barrister at Red Lion Chambers, has written a commentary on the Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Field (Benjamin), considering issues of causation and the relevance of a defendant’s intention to the voluntariness of a victim’s actions.

Commentary: Alex Benn, ‘Murder: R v Field (Benjamin)’ (2026) 10 Criminal Law Review 656-661.