Gerald J. Rip is a former judge and Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada.Tax Court of Canada, Current Judges
Life Born to Harry and Pauline Rip in 1940, Rip was a 1958 graduate of Outremont High School. His son is an Ontario lawyer.Law Society of Upper Canada, Photo Gallery - Toronto 2005
In May 2007, he spoke at the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society's conference,CPTS, Conference Agenda , 2007 and in June 2009, he was the opening speaker at the Canadian Tax Foundation's Toronto conference.Canadian Tax Foundation, Pre-hearing conferences in the Tax Court of Canada , June 15, 2009
Term as a lawyer Rip was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1966, and was named Special Assistant to the Minister of Justice Pierre Elliott Trudeau the following year. He joined the Department of Justice and focused on tax litigation until 1972.
In 1973, Rip was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada, and joined Soloway, Wright, Houston & Associates in Ottawa, where he remained until his July 1983 appointment to the Tax Court.
Term as a judge Rip was appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Tax Court in September 2006, and was named Chief Justice on July 15, 2008. The appointment, by Stephen Harper, saw Rip replace Donald G.H. Bowman, and Rip's own role was filled by Eugene Rossiter.Canada News Centre, Prime Minister Harper announces two appointments to the Tax Court of Canada , July, 2008 When his official portrait, painted by Cyril Leeper, was unveiled in the Supreme Court of Canada's Great Hall, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin commissioned the same artist to paint her own portrait.Weatherall, Sharon. Barrie Examiner, Painter's portraits mirror real life, July 2009
In his 2009 judgment in the suit Leola Purdy, Sons Ltd. v The Queen, he quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson in suggesting that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds".Golombek, Jamie. Advisor.ca, Interpreting Law, February 2, 2009 In a 2015 decision involving a tax shelter claim he expressed shock at the Crown's sworn filings in the proceeding, compared them to 1950's McCarthyism and awarded solicitor client costs to the taxpayer.
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