Diane Campbell is a Canadian lawyer and jurist serving as a judge of the

Tax Court of Canada The Tax Court of Canada (TCC; french: Cour canadienne de l'impôt), established in 1983 by the ''Tax Court of Canada Act'', is a federal superior court which deals with matters involving companies or individuals and tax issues with the Government ...

Early life and education

Campbell is a native of

Summerside, Prince Edward Island Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the primary service centre for the western part of the island. History Summerside was officially incorporated as a town on ...

. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the

University of Prince Edward Island The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the ''University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.'' H ...

in 1972, a Bachelor of Laws from the

University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law The University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law is the second oldest university-based common law Faculty in the Commonwealth.Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

Career

For 25 years, Campbell operated a private legal practice in

Prince County, Prince Edward Island Prince County is located in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. The county's defining geographic feature is Malpeque Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which creates the narrowest portion of Prince Edward Island's landmass, an isthmu ...

, specializing in commercial, estates, and real estate law. In 2000, she was appointed to the

. In 2013, Campbell ruled that polygamist leader

Winston Blackmore Winston Blackmore (born August 25, 1956) is the leader of a polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint religious group in Bountiful, British Columbia, Canada. He is described as "Canada's best-known avowed polygamist". He has 150 children with h ...

's sect did not qualify for certain tax exemptions.

References

Living people Judges of the Tax Court of Canada Canadian women judges Harvard Law School alumni People from Summerside, Prince Edward Island University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-law-bio-stub