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Judicial Bias at the Court of Appeal 2007

Justice Weiler

47 Family Cases Available 41 had cost penalties

 

 

     Peter Karl Roscoe

 

    Apr 2006, Revised Sept 2007

 

 

 

 

For Justice Weiler 47 family cases were available, and 41 of them had data on cost penalties. The cases and their outcomes can be found in Appendix A6. A summary of the decisions is as follows

 

 

 

Appellant

Custody

 Access

 Mobility

 Spousal

 Support

  Child

 Support

Equalization

Other

Costs

Number of Males

     5

     2

     1

     13

     11

          7

   15

    41

Number of Male Wins

     0

     0

     0

      3

      3

          2

    3

     1

 

 

 

Appellant

Custody

 Access

Mobility

 Spousal

 Support

  Child

 Support

Equalization

Other

Costs

Number of Females

     2

     0

     2

      7

      7

          4

    7

     41

Number of Female Wins

     1

     0

     1

      7

      5

          4

    4

     28

 

 

Summarized in percentage terms

 

 

Appellant

Custody

 Access

Mobility

 Spousal

 Support

  Child

 Support

Equalization

Other

Costs

% Chance of Male Win

     0.0

    0.0

      0.0

    23.0

    27.3

       28.6

  20.0

    2.4

% Chance of Female Win

   50.0

    NA

    50.0

   100.0

    71.4

      100.0

  57.1

   68.3

 

 

 

 

It can be concluded that on a family issue a woman has a (50/70 x 100) 71.4 % chance of winning, and a man has a (12/91 x 100) 13.1 % % chance of winning when appearing before a panel with Justice Weiler on it. Success as decided by cost penalties assigned was 2.4 % in favor of men, 68.3 % in favor of females and divided 29.3 % 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix A6 — Cases Examined for Justice Weiler

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

(w)

1999

Babij v Babij (March 19)

   W

 (W) SS, EQ, O

 

McM

Gdge

F v m

(w) 6200

2003

Ballentine v Ballentine (June 27)

   M

 (L) SS, O

 

McM

Mcph

 

 

2002

Bjornson v Creighton (November 19)

   W

 (L) M

(L) C

Lask

Ast

M v m

(m) 3500

1999

Brans v Brans (May 14)

   W

 (L) CS, O

 

Drty

Rsbg

F v sr

nc

2004

Brown v Ferguson (November 30)

   M

 (L) CS, SS

 

Arm

Blr

F v m

(w)

2002

Chan v Lam (March 26)

   W

 (W) EQ, O

 

Crnk

Crty

F v m

(w)

2001

Cho v Cho (October 5)

  W

 (W) CS

 

Find

Osbn

 

nc

2003

Contino v Leonelli – Contino (October 28)

   M

 (W) CS

(W) CS

OCnr

 Rsbg

F v f

nc

1997

Davidson v Davidson (March 4)

   M

 (W) EQ

(W) CS

Osbn

Lbse

F v sr

(w) 960

2006

Dhanna v Dhanna (March 8)

   M

 (L) O

 

Blr

Roul

M v sr

(w) 5000

2005

Garvey v Chiarelli (July5)

   M

 (L) C, A, CS, O

(L) CS

Lng

Mold

M v m

nc

1994

Gleich v Kunde (March 25)

   M

 (W) SS, O    (L) CS

 

Hould

Good

M v m

(w) 10000

2005

Greenberg v Daniels (January 17)

   M

 (L) SS

 

Sim

Mold

M v m

nc

2004

Horner v Horner (October 21)

   W

 (W) CS, SS

(W) SS

Blr

Rsb

M v m

nc

1996

Huisman v Huisman (June 14)

   M

 (W) SS,EQ

 

McM

Catz

M v m

(w)

2001

Hutchinson v Hutchinson ( January 15)

   W

(W) EQ

 

Lasl

Char

 

(w) 5000

1998

Irwin v. Irwin (September 10)

   M

 (L) C, A

 

Alb

OCnr

F v m (m)

nc

2006

Jordan v Jordan (January 17)

   M

 (W) O

 

Lask

Rsbg

F v m

(w) 10000

2005

Kaplanis v Kaplanis (January 31)

   W

 (W) C

(L) EQ

Arm

Blr

M v m

(w) 9000

2002

Klerides v Klerides (May 30)

   M

 (W) CS, SS    (L) EQ

 

Sim

Gdge

F v m(m)

nc

2003

K(MS) v T(TL) (February)

   W

 (W) O

 

Catz

Mold

 

 

2004

Korutowska – Wooff v Wooff (August 4)

   M

 (L) C

 

Fld

 

F v f

nc

2005

Ladisa v Ladisa (January 31)

   W

 (W)CS,SS    (L) C

 

Blr

Arm

F v m

(w)

2001

Lamarche v Crevier (November 9)

   M

(W)EQ   (L)CS, SS

 

Fld

Lbse

M v m

(w)

1998

Luckhurst v Luckhurst (June 4)

   M

 (L) M

 

Osbn, Hould

Mck, Dub

F v m

(w) 35000

2003

Marinangeli v Marinangeli (July 11)

   M

 (W) CS    (L) CS, SS

 

OCnr

Rsbg

M v m

(w) 7000

1996

Merklinger v Merklinger (November 20)

   M

 (L)CS,  SS, EQ

 

Osbn

Lbse

F v m

(w)

1997

Politi v Politi (April 18)

   M

 (L) CS, EQ, O

 

Lask

Alb

F v f

nc

1999

Rechsteiner v Kendall (October 25)

   W

 (W) M

 

Lbse

Gdge

M v m

(w) 24000

2002

Roseneck v Gowling (December 24)

   M

 (W) O

(L) SS

Arm

Catz

F v m

(w)

1999

Bennet v Bennet (June 16)

   M

(L) O

 

Char

Brke

M v m

(w)

 

Boa v Boa (Novemeber 18)

   M

(L) EQ

 

Osbn

Lbse

F v f

(w) 3000

2002

Boucher v Boucher (June 9)

   M

(L) O

 

Lask

Gdge

M v m

nc

2004

Boudreau v Boudreau (April 14)

   W

(L) O

 

Alb

Arm

F v sr

(w) 5000

2006

Abosh v White ( December 7)

   M

(L) O

 

Gdge

Sim

 

 

2006

Kukanova v Kukanova (January 10)

   M

(L) SS

 

Lask

Rsbg

Sr v sr

(w) 1621

2007

Laurin v Martin (April 5)

   M

(L) O

 

Lafm

Mcph

F v m

(w) 6000

2007

Loit v Gove (May 8)

M

(L) SS, O

 

Feld

Lafm

 

nc

1996

Adams v Adams (November 19)

   W

(W) O

 

Osbn

Lbrse

 

 

1996

Pollack v Pollack (May 7)

   M

(L) SS

 

Lask

Arb

M v sr

(w)

1999

Teeple v Teeple (September 24)

   W

(W) SS

 

Gdge

Lbse

F v m (w)

nc

2005

Goeldner v Goeldner (January 13)

   W

(W) SS    (L) O

 

Sim

 Mold

Sr v sr

(w) 2888

2007

Maphangoh v Maphangoh (June 11)

   M

(L) SS, O

 

Mold

Blr

M v m

(w) 5500

2006

Cook v Sacco (October 18)

   M

(L) C, CS, SS

 

Blr

Roul

M v m

(w) 3500

2006

Shea v Fraser (December 5)

   M

(W) EQ       (L) CS

 

Gdge

Crnk

M v f

(w)

1997

Forler v Forler (April 7)

   W

(W) SS

 

Wlr

Hldn

F v f

 

1997

Therrien – Cliché v Cliché (April 1)

   M

 (L) O

 

Feld

Lbse