Peter Karl Roscoe

Apr 2006, Revised Sept 2007

Conclusions

Judicial Discrimination Indexes

Rank	Judge	% Female Wins	% Male .Wins	Discrimination . Index	Standard Deviations

1	Charron JA	80.6	12.2	68.5
2	Abella JA	66.7	10.2	56.5
3	Macpherson JA	70.9	14.4	56.5
4	Weiler JA	70.8	14.4	56.4
5	Feldman JA	73.0	17.6	55.4
6	Blair JA	64.0	13.9	50.1
7	Lang JA	63.2	14.7	48.5
8	Goudge JA	67.9	21.0	46.9
9	Moldaver JA	59.7	14.0	45.7
10	Carthy JA	63.5	18.6	44.9
11	Catzman JA	71.4	28.5	42.9
12	Cronk JA	61.3	18.9	42.4
13	Labrosse JA	62.7	20.5	42.2
14	Gilese JA	68.3	27.5	40.8
15	Rosenburg JA	61.0	21.7	39.3
16	Doherty JA	55.7	20.0	35.7
17	Juriasz JA	58.3	23.2	35.1
18	Rouleau JA	51.6	17.1	34.5
19	Sharpe JA	53.0	18.7	34.3
20	Macfarland JA	63.0	28.9	34.1
21	Borins JA	55.4	22.0	33.4
22	O’Connor DCJO	56.1	23.2	32.9
23	McMurtry ( CJO )	56.9	24.4	32.5
24	Armstrong JA	52.3	27.6	24.7
25	Simmons JA	45.8	24.7	21.1
26	Laskin JA	42.2	31.1	11.1


	Median	41.5

	Mean	41.0

	Standard Deviation	12.6

Issue Discrimination Indexes

	Custody	Access	Mobility	Spousal Support	Child Support	Equalization	Other	Costs	Court Total
% Female Wins	64.3	60.0	60.0	67.8	55.0	51.6	49.3	62.5	60.1
% Male Wins	3.6	25.0	18.1	24.7	29.1	23.2	25.2	15.4	20.0

Discrimination Index	60.7	35.0	41.9	43.1	25.9	28.4	24.1	47.1	40.1

Yearly Discrimination Indexes

Year	% Female Wins	% Male Wins	Discrimination . .. Index	Standard . Deviation

Pre 1996 (partial)	57.8	18.5	39.4
1996	66.7	15.6	51.1
1997	58.6	25.0	32.8
1998	58.1	11.8	46.3
1999	64.4	22.1	42.2
2000	48.0	15.6	32.4
2001	64.0	9.7	54.3
2002	73.9	31.0	42.9
2003	63.2	23.1	40.1
2004	57.9	14.9	43.0
2005	63.6	19.3	44.5
2006	58.4	30.5	27.9
2007 (partial)	47.7	23.1	24.6

Mean	60.1	20.0	40.1
Median	58.6	19.3	42.2
Standard Deviation	7.1	6.5	8.7

It can be concluded that the statistical record for over 10 years of family law decisions at the Court of Appeal for Ontario shows positive discrimination against men in all categories when analyzed by judge, appeal issue, and year. The court adds 7.1 % discrimination in costs on top of the inequity on decisions on appeal issues. Cost penalties themselves are over 57 % higher for men. The data would even indicate female lawyers are preferred over male. Only one case can be found where a self represented male has ever

won when opposed by a lawyer. The court average is a discrimination rate of 40 %, or 3 female wins for every male. For some specific issues such as custody the rates may be quite a bit higher.