Sarah Woods
Canada Guide 2025
Band 5 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Sarah Woods
Practice Areas
Litigation partner based in Montréal, called to the Quebec Bar and Law Society of Ontario. Seasoned litigator having appeared before all levels of Quebec courts, as well as the Ontario Court of Appeal. Practice includes all aspects of commercial litigation, including securities litigation, contractual disputes, “bet the company” litigation, shareholder disputes and class actions.
Career
Quebec Bar, 2004; Law Society of Ontario, 2012.
Professional Memberships
Canadian Bar Association
American Bar Association
Governor of the Québec Bar Foundation
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
Publications
Preuve testimoniale d’un indice de présomption, under the direction of Claude Marseille, Les objections à la preuve en droit civil, LexisNexis, Montréal, 2015, 515
Contradiction d’une présomption légale absolue, op. cit., 523
Sarah Woods et al., The Reliance Element in U.S. and Canadian Securities Class Actions, ABA Journal
Sarah Woods, Moving Towards Clarity on the Viability of Fraud-on-the-Market in Québec, (2015) 14: 2 Corporate litigation J 822
Personal
Teacher – Civil Litigation Workshop, McGill University, Faculty of Law
Member of the Committee of Management – Mount Royal Club
Member of the Board – string ensemble, La Pietà