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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
General Damage
CAD
Mar. 31, 2015
Punitive Damage
CAD
Mar. 31, 2015
Special Damage
CAD
Mar. 31, 2015
First Lawsuit by AGF
CAD
Mar. 31, 2015
Second Lawsuit by AGF
Mar. 31, 2015
Second Lawsuit by AGF
General Damage
CAD
Mar. 31, 2015
Second Lawsuit by AGF
Punitive Damage
CAD
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                
Lawsuit Filing Date         On August 3, 2012, AGF Management Limited and AGF Investments Inc. (collectively, “AGF”) filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Westwood, certain Westwood employees and the executive recruiting firm of Warren International, LLC. (“Warren”). On November 6, 2012, AGF filed a second lawsuit against Westwood, Westwood Management and an employee of a Westwood subsidiary    
Litigation claim for damages   1,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= whg_GeneralDamageMember
1,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= whg_PunitiveDamageMember
10,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= whg_SpecialDamageMember
10,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= whg_FirstLawsuitByAGFMember
  5,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= whg_SecondLawsuitByAGFMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= whg_GeneralDamageMember
1,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= whg_SecondLawsuitByAGFMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= whg_PunitiveDamageMember
Percentage of defense costs which will be covered by insurance 50.00%whg_PercentageOfDefenseCostsCoveredByInsurance              
Insurance proceeds 379,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromInsuranceSettlementOperatingActivities              
Loss contingency, Receivables $ 343,000us-gaap_LossContingencyReceivableCurrent