HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3495
Sarah P. Bradley
B.Sc. (hons) (U. of T.), LL.B. (Queens), LL.M. (Harvard)
Assistant Professor
Telephone: (902) 494-1009
E-mail: sarahbradley@dal.ca
Biography:
Sarah Bradley was appointed to the faculty of Dalhousie Law School in 2007. She obtained her Bachelor of Science (honours) degree from the University of Toronto, her Bachelor of Laws degree from Queen’s University and her Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School.
Her teaching and research interests involve the law and governance of business organizations, fiduciary obligations in the business context, securities regulation, commercial law, and economic analysis of the law.
Professor Bradley currently serves as Chair of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission and in that capacity is a member of the Canadian Securities Administrators’ Policy Coordination Committee and the Joint Forum of Financial Regulators. She also serves as Vice-Chair of CBA Nova Scotia’s Legislation and Law Reform Committee, and is Vice-President of the YWCA Halifax.
Professor Bradley has served as a consultant to provincial governments on corporate law reform initiatives and has acted as an expert witness on the subject of Nova Scotia companies law.
Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Bradley articled and practiced law in Toronto and Halifax. She has been called to the bar in Ontario, Nova Scotia and New York.
Books
· Nova Scotia Companies Act and Commentary, 2010 (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2009)
· Ontario Estates Law and Commentary, (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006) [with E. Hoffstein, H. Carr & C. Weigl]
Articles and Comments
· “BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders: The new fiduciary duties of fair treatment, statutory compliance, and good corporate citizenship” Ottawa Law Review (forthcoming Vol. 41:2, Summer 2010)
· The Corporate Opportunities Doctrine under the Yukon Business Corporations Act: Analysis of the Current State of the Law and Evaluation of Proposed Changes, Report to the Yukon Department of Community Services C-6, Corporate Affairs, July 2010 (with Prof. Dawn Russell.
· "Conflict of Interest, Duress and Unconscionability in Quebec Civil Law: Comment on “The Origins of a Coming Crisis: Renewal of the Churchill Falls Contract”, Dalhousie Law Journal, vol. 30, No. 1, 259 (Spring, 2007)
· “A Promise You Can Take to the Bank: Enforceable Pledge Agreements for Canadian Charities”, Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal, vol. 25, No. 3 (June, 2006)
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