Judicial Bias at the Court of Appeal 2007
Justice Weiler
47 Family Cases Available 41 had cost penalties
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
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 |
|
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