ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES
The Honourable Justice Stephen Thomas Goudge
M. Weiler
Official Bio -
December 19, 1996 -- The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Allan Rock, today announced the following appointment: Stephen Thomas Goudge, Q.C. of Toronto is appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal of Ontario. He fills a newly created position.
Mr. Justice Goudge graduated in law from the University of Toronto in 1968 and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1970. He has since practised general litigation, including civil and commercial, labour and Charter litigation, as well as administrative litigation, with the firm known today as Gowling, Strathy & Henderson. Mr. Justice Goudge was certified a Specialist in civil litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1989. From 1974 to 1986, he lectured on labour law and native rights at the University of Toronto.
Mr. Justice Goudge has been a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1991 and has chaired its Equity of Access to Legal Education and Practice Committee, its Legal Aid Area Committee and its Government Relations Committee. Mr. Justice Goudge has been a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1995.
Judicial Bias by Justice Stephen Thomas Goudge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario 2007
By Peter Karl Roscoe
Apr 2006, Revised Sept 2007
For Justice Stephen Thomas Goudge 62 family cases were available, and 55 of them had data on cost penalties. The cases and their outcomes can be found in Appendix A9. A summary of the decisions is as follows
Appellant
Custody
Access
Mobility
Spousal
Support
Child
Support
Equalization
Other
Costs
Number of Males
1
1
3
10
13
11
18
55
Number of Male Wins
0
0
1
4
5
4
3
7
Appellant
Custody
Access
Mobility
Spousal
Support
Child
Support
Equalization
Other
Costs
Number of Females
4
2
1
7
0
5
8
55
Number of Female Wins
3
2
1
6
0
4
6
33
Summarized in percentage terms
Appellant
Custody
Access
Mobility
Spousal
Support
Child
Support
Equalization
Other
Costs
% Chance of Male Win
0.0
0.0
33.3
40.0
38.4
36.4
16.7
12.7
% Chance of Female Win
75.0
100.0
100.0
85.7
NA
80.0
75.0
60.0
It can be concluded that on a family issue a woman has a (56/83 x 100) 67.5 % chance of winning, and a man has a (24/112 x 100) 21.4 % chance of winning when appearing before a panel with Justice Goudge on it. Success as decided by cost penalties assigned was 12.7 % in favor of men, 60.0 % in favor of females and divided 27.3 % 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 A9 — Cases Examined for Justice Goudge
Sex of Lawyer ( wining / losing)
Cost Penalty (sex of wining appellant)
Sex. of appellant
Grounds of Appeal . ( Win/Lose )
Cross. Appeal. (Win / Lose )
Panel Judge . 1
Panel Judge . 2
F v m
(w)
1999
Appiah v Appiah (February 22)
M
(L) C, M
Brn
Osbn
(w)
1999
Babij v Babij (March 19)
W
(W) SS, EQ, O
McM
Wlr
M v f (m)
nc
2003
Bell v Cormier (November 21)
M
(W) O
Shrp
Rsbg
F v sr
nc
2003
Cada v Cada (October 9)
M
(L) O
McM
Sim
F (m) v m
2003
CAM v DM (September 23)
W
(W) A
Shrp
Rsbg
F v m
(w) 5000
2005
Chertow v Chertow (April 29)
M
(W) CS
Mcph
Mcfd
F v m
(w)
1998
Choquette v. Choquette (July 28)
M
(L) SS
Char
Rsbg
M v sr
(w) 3000
2004
Cormier v Boudreau ( January 8
M
(L) CS, SS, EQ
Crnk
Rsbg
2004
Dabrian v Dabrian (March 8)
W
(W) O
M v m
(w) 3500
2000
Davignon v Davignon (February 25)
M
(W) SS
Lbse
Find
M v f
nc
2002
Eager v Graves (October 15)
M
(W) CS
Lask
Drty
F v f
1999
Finizio v Scoppio – Finizio (September 29)
M
(W) M
Lbse
Mcph
M v m
nc
2002
Hooper v Hooper (May 31)
M
(W) O (L) CS
Lask
Sim
M v m
(w) 9000
2002
Klerides v Klerides (May 30)
M
(W) CS, SS (L) EQ
Wlr
Sim
(m)
1999
Leopold v Leopold (June 14)
M
(W) SS
Brn
Drty
Sr v sr
nc
1999
Likeda v Jarrel (March 15)
M
(L) A
Brn
Osbn
F v f
(w)
2001
Marson v. Marson (May 15)
M
(L) CS, O
Char
Rsbg
2004
Miranada v Bossio (June 18)
M
(L) SS
F v m
nc
2002
Parks v. Barnes (March 7)
W
(W) C
McM
Char
M v m
2005
Park v Thompson (May 2)
M
(W) CS
Catz
Rsbg
F v f
nc
1999
Rechsteiner v Kendall (October 25)
W
(W) M
Lbse
M v m
nc
1997
Sagoo v Sagoo (March 18)
W
(W) O
Rsbg
Mcky
F v f
nc
2005
Segal v Segal (July 4)
W
(W) C, A, O
Sim
Gil
F v m
(w) 12000
2003
Singer v Davilia – Singer (August 19)
M
(L) M
Shrpe
Rsbg
M v m
(w)
2001
Stanghi v. Stanghi (May 24)
M
(L) CS, SS
Char
Rsbg
F v m
(w)
2005
Tierney – Hynes v Hynes (June 28)
W
(W) SS
Feld, Brn
Lng, Juri
F v m (m)
nc
2001
Ursano v Rochon (May 31)
W
(L) C
Aust
Rsbg
F v m (m)
nc
2004
Walsh v Walsh (February 2)
M
(W) SS
Lask
M v m
nc
Wasney v Wasney (April 27, 2000)
M
(W) CS
Lbse
Find
F v f
nc
2001
Wolf v Wales (December 13)
W
(L) M
Lask
M v f (w)
(m)
1998
Appleyard v Appleyard (September 14)
W
(W) EQ
Abl
Osbn
M v m
(w)
1999
Chinneck v Chinneck (February 12)
M
(L)EQ, O
Abl
Crty
M v m
(w) 10000
2005
McGouran v Connelly (September 9)
M
(L) CS
(W)CS
Feld
McFd
M v m
(m)
1999
Cole v Martin (September 30)
W
(L) O
Abl
Mcph
M v sr
(w) 1000
2006
Sasseville v Sasseville ( Apr4)
W
(W) SS
Feld
Rsbg
M v m
(w) 5000
2006
Ng v Yam (April 6)
M
(L) O
Feld
Rsbg
F v m
(w) 6000
2000
Leavoy v Leavoy (September 13)
M
(L) O
Feld
Ggde
F v M
(w)
2001
Bolt v Bolt (April 4)
M
(L) O
(W) O
Char
Rsbg
M v f (f)
nc
2004
Sladden v Sladden (April 26)
W
(L) O
Sim
Jur
F v sr
(w) 5000
2006
Abosh v White ( December7)
M
(L) O
Wlr
Sim
M v f
(m) 500
2006
Bradley v Bradley (January 30)
M
(W) O
Lang
Mcfd
2005
McDougal v McDougal (October 7)
W
(W) SS
Lang
Arm
M v f
(w) 17500
2007
Czieslik v Ayuso (Mar 2)
W
(W) EQ
Sim
Gil
F v f
(w) 3000
2002
Boucher v Boucher (June 9)
M
(L) O
Lask
Wlr
M v sr
(w)
1999
Teeple v Teeple (September 24)
W
(W) SS
Wlr
Lbse
M v m
(w) 3500
2006
Shea v Fraser (December 5)
M
(W) EQ (L) CS
Gdge
Crnk
M v m
(m)
1997
Van Bork v Van Bork (June 27)
M
(W) EQ (L) SS, O
Crty
M v m
(m)
1999
Nahatchewitz v Natatchewitz (May 27)
M
(W) EQ (L) O
Brns
Lbse
M v m
(w) 13479
2004
Luftspring v Luftspring (April 7)
M
(L) CS, EQ, O
Shrp
Catz
(w)
1998
Cole v Cole (November 10)
M
(L) EQ
Crty
Brke
2005
Hartman v Hartman (January 19)
M
(L) O
Blr
Lbse
(w) 7500
2006
Caldwell v Caldwell (April 13)
M
(L) O
Drty
Roul
2003
Letkie v Letkie (April 6)
M
(W) EQ (L) O
Shrp
Catz
M v m
(w)
1999
Novosel Novosel (September 21)
W
(W) EQ
Lbse
Mcph
M v m
(w)
1999
Dunlop v Dunlop (May 27)
M
(L) O
Brns
Lbse
(w) 6500
2003
Theodore V Parsons (May 21)
M
(L) O
Crnk
Mold
F v m
(w) 5000
2007
Neil v Boudreau (January 17)
M
(L) CS, SS
Blr
Lafm
M v f
(w)
1997
Forler v Forler (April 7)
W
(W) SS
Gdge
Hldn
M v m
(w)
1999
Mozzarello v Mazzarello (January 21)
M
(L) EQ
Lask
Mord
F v m (f)
nc
1998
Pivacet v Paul (Mach 13)
W
(W) O (L) SS
Rsbg
Mcky
M v m
(m)
1998
Debora v Debora (October 22)
W
(L) EQ
Lask
Crty
2006
Mouldry v Mouldry (September 8)
W
(W) C, O
Shrp
Roul
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