Judicial Bias at the Court of Appeal 2007
Justice Lang
For Justice Lang, a summary of family decisions produces:
|
Appellant |
Custody |
Access |
Mobility |
Spousal Support |
Child Support |
Equalization |
Other |
Costs |
|
Number of Males |
4 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
31 |
|
Number of Male Wins |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|
Appellant |
Custody |
Access |
Mobility |
Spousal Support |
Child Support |
Equalization |
Other |
Costs |
|
Number of Females |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
31 |
|
Number of Female Wins |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
18 |
Summarized in percentage terms
|
Appellant |
Custody |
Access |
Mobility |
Spousal Support |
Child Support |
Equalization |
Other |
Costs |
|
% Chance of Male Win |
25.0 |
0.0 |
NA |
14.2 |
0.0 |
33.3 |
21.4 |
9.7 |
|
% Chance of Female Win |
0.0 |
NA |
NA |
66.7 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
50.0 |
58.1 |
It can be concluded that on a family issue a woman has a (29/49 x 100) 59.2 % chance of winning, and a man has a (10/72 x100) 13.8 % % chance of winning when appearing before a panel with Justice Lang on it. Success as decided by cost penalties assigned was 9.7 % in favor of men, 58.1 % in favor of females and divided 32.2 % of the time.
Appendix A
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 A5 — Cases Examined for Justice Lang
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Sex of Lawyer ( wining / losing) |
Cost Penalty (sex of wining appellant) |
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|
Sex. of appellant |
Grounds of Appeal . ( Win/Lose ) |
Cross. Appeal. (Win / Lose ) |
Panel Judge . 1 |
Panel Judge . 2 |
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2005 |
Bubovitch v Bubovitch (October 26) |
W |
(W) O |
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|
M v m |
(w) 5000 |
2005 |
Campbell v Szoke (January 24) |
M |
(L) SS |
|
Shrp |
Mcph |
|
M v sr |
(w) 5000 |
2005 |
Garvey v Chiarelli (July5) |
M |
(L) C, A, CS, O |
(L) CS |
Wlr |
Mold |
|
M v m |
(m) |
2006 |
Griffin v Obrien (January 13) |
M |
(W) O |
|
Crnk |
Arm |
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2004 |
KCD v SAF (September 13) |
M |
(L) C |
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|
M v sr |
(w) 2000 |
2005 |
Kalla v Kalla (February 16) |
M |
(L) CS, EQ, O |
|
Rsbg |
Juri |
|
M v m |
nc |
2006 |
Kallaba v Bylykashi (February 14) |
W |
(W) O (L) SS |
|
Crnk |
Juri |
|
Sr v sr |
(w) |
2005 |
Lampron v Lampron (January 20) |
M |
(L) EQ, O |
|
Crnk |
Mcph |
|
F v m |
(w) 12000 |
2005 |
Mackinnon v Mackinnon(April 26) |
W |
(W) CS, SS |
|
Crnk |
Mcph |
|
F v m |
(w) 10000 |
2004 |
Mancuso v Mancuso (November 29) |
M |
(L) A, EQ, O |
|
Lask |
Mcph |
|
M v sr |
(w) 1000 |
2004 |
Osovetsky v Osovetsky (November 26) |
M |
(L) CS |
|
Lask |
Mcph |
|
M v m |
nc |
2005 |
Pirner v Pirnir (January 6) |
M |
(L) CS |
(L) SS |
Lask |
McM |
|
F v m |
(w) |
2005 |
Tierney – Hynes v Hynes (June 28) |
W |
(W) SS |
|
Gdge, Brn |
Feld, Juri |
|
M v m |
nc |
2006 |
Jones v Jones (July 18) |
W |
(L) O |
|
Gil |
Mcfd |
|
M v m |
(w) 15000 |
2006 |
Belittchenko v Belittchenko (September 27) |
M |
(L) O |
|
Lbse |
Mcph |
|
M v m |
(w) 5000 |
2004 |
Birmingham v Ferguson (July 21) |
M |
(W) EQ (L) SS, O |
|
Gil |
Catz |
|
F v m |
(w) 20000 |
2005 |
Kusnir v Lowry (May 25) |
M |
(L) SS, EQ, O |
|
Sim |
Mcfd |
|
M v m |
(w) 5500 |
2004 |
Kusnir v Lowry (July 19) |
M |
(L) O |
|
Gil |
Catz |
|
M v m |
(m) 10000 |
2006 |
Wong v Wong (September 13) |
W |
(L) O |
|
OCnr |
Crnk |
|
F v M |
(w) 3000 |
2007 |
Morin v Muir (February 2) |
M |
(L) C, CS, O |
|
Crnk |
Juri |
|
F v m (m) |
nc |
2006 |
Schnarr v Schnarr (January 9) |
W |
(W) O |
|
Fld |
Lafm |
|
M v sr |
(w) 5000 |
2006 |
Stancheff v Stancheff (January 11) |
M |
(L) O |
|
Fld |
Lafm |
|
M v f |
(m) 500 |
2006 |
Bradley v Bradley (January 30) |
M |
(W) O |
|
Gdge |
Mcfd |
|
M v m |
(w) 6042 |
2006 |
Desjardins v Bart (September 15) |
M |
(L) CS |
|
Crnk |
OCnr |
|
Sr v m (w) |
nc |
2007 |
Moyer v Keleman (January 12) |
W |
(L) O |
|
Brn |
Arm |
|
F v m |
(w) 8000 |
2004 |
Gholizadeh v Shadou (June 29) |
M |
(L) SS, O |
|
Lask |
Char |
|
M v m |
|
2006 |
Dubourdieu v Dubourdieu (July 20) |
W |
(W) CS, SS, EQ |
|
Gil |
Mcfd |
|
Sr v sr |
nc |
2007 |
McGoey v McGoey (March 19) |
M |
(W) SS |
|
Lafm |
Mcfd |
|
F v m (f) |
nc |
2007 |
Somerville v Somerville (March 26) |
M |
(W) C |
|
Lask |
Crnk |
|
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|
2007 |
Siros v Siros (February 2) |
M |
(W)EQ (L)CS, SS |
|
Lask |
Crnk |
|
F v m |
(w) 2000 |
2006 |
Rogerson v Tessaro (April 28) |
W |
(L) C |
|
Mold |
Rsbg |
|
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|
2005 |
McDougal v McDougal (October 7) |
W |
(W) SS |
|
Gdge |
Arm |
|
M v m |
nc |
2007 |
Bak v Dobel (January 12) |
W |
(L) CS |
|
Brn |
Arm |
|
M v f |
(w) 17500 |
2007 |
Czieslik v Ayuso (Mar 2) |
W |
(W) EQ |
|
Gdge |
Gil |
|
F v m (m) |
nc |
2006 |
Trick v Trick (March 31) |
M |
(W) O (L)CS, .SS |
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Lask |
Crnk |
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