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This is a judge who has a hell of a notorious record for denying fundamental rights.

Gerstner v. Borg Feb 10, 1999 Doc. CA C29403  Austin

 

The Honourable Justice Kathryn N. Feldman

Brief (OFFICIAL) Biographical Note of Justice Kathryn N. Feldman Justice Feldman received her B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1970 and her LL.B. from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law in 1973, where she was co-editor of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review and recipient of the Dean's Key. She is a former partner of the firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon where she practised in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law. Justice Feldman was appointed as a Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division) on December 24, 1990 and sat on the Commercial List as well as on criminal and civil matters. She was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario on June 11, 1998. Since her appointment to the Bench, Justice Feldman has participated in numerous continuing legal education programs for law students, lawyers and judges as a lecturer and seminar leader, and has served as a frequent member of the final bench of a number of moot courts. She has served as the Chair and Co-chair of the Insurance Committee of the Canadian Superior Court Judges Association since 1992, and in January 2001 she became the first recipient of the Canadian Superior Court Judges Association President’s Award. As an alumna of the U. of T., she served on the Moss Scholarship Selection Committee of the University of Toronto Alumni Association for six years, three years as Chair, and is a recipient of the Toronto Arbor Award. She is currently a member of the University of Toronto President’s International Alumni Council (PIAC).

 

The following information about Justice Kathrn N. Feldman is supplied by Peter Roscoe who has done a great deal of work detailing the bias against men by judges.

"It can be concluded that on a family issue a woman has a 73.5 % chance of winning, and a man has a 22.8 % % chance of winning when appearing before a panel with Justice Feldman on it. Success as decided by cost penalties assigned was 13.2 % in favour of men, 62.3 % in favour of females, and divided 24.5 % of the time."

 

This is the beginning of the remake on the C of A. Another law school thesis. The one they want to publish. Feldmans one of the worst. I'm just figuring how to present data. Sorry the appendix isn't currently well explained. Have stats for 25 C of A judges. While individual categories may be low data by the tme they are compiled for all judges confidence can be achieved. You can show discrimination by year, judge, and issue. I believe $ values for costs will be compiled for the total, not individual judges.

 

Peter Roscoe

 

 

                      Judicial Bias at the Court of Appeal 2007

      Peter Karl Roscoe

  Apr 2006, Revised Sept 2007

For Justice Feldman, a summary of family decisions produces

Summarized in percentage terms

It can be concluded that on a family issue a woman has a (58/87 x 100) 66.7 % chance of winning, and a man has a (20/110 x 100) 18.2 % % chance of winning when appearing before a panel with Justice Feldman on it. Success as decided by cost penalties assigned was 13.2 % in favor of men, 62.3 % in favor of females and divided 24.5 % of the time.

Appendix A

Legend

Sex of Lawyer                     M = Male                       F = Female                 Sr = Self Represented

                                                     (m) = Hired by the Man             (f) = Hired by the woman

Cost Penalty              (w) Woman Wins         (m) = Man Wins         nc = No Costs  

                                                           res = Reserved for Trial

Sex of Appellant                                M = Man                           W = Woman

Grounds                        (W) = Win            C = Custody             M = Mobility            CS = Child Support

of Appeal

 or Cross                        (L) = Lose            A = Access                O = Other                  SS = Spousal Support

  Appeal

                                                       EQ = Equalization

Panel Judge 1 or 2           Alb = Abella JA                   Fld = Feldman JA               Char = Charron JA

                                          Sim = Simmons JA              Wlr = Weiler JA                   Lng = Lang JA

                                                McM = McMurtry  former CJO            OCnr = O’Connor DCJO

                                         Gdge = Goudge JA               Arm = Arstrong JA                Brn = Borin JA

                                  Mcfd = Macfarland JA         Macp = Macphearson JA        Gil = Gillese JA

                                   Crnk = Cronk JA                  Catz = Catzman JA              Mold = Moldaver JA

                                   Lbse = Labrosse JA               Shrp = Sharp JA                 Rsbg = Rosenberg JA

                                          Lask = Laskin JA                    Blr = Blair JA                       Jur = Juriansz JA

                                          Roul = Rouleau JA                Kvr = Kriever JA                  Osb = Osbourne JA

                                  Mord = Morden JA                 Ast = Austin JA                    Crty = Carthy JA

Appendix A2 — Cases Examined for Justice Feldman