Queen’s Marque
600-1741 Lower Water Street
Halifax, N.S.
B3J 0J2
Sheree’s clients include corporations (including directors, officers and shareholders), manufacturers, banks, receivers and individuals in insolvency cases, construction companies and insurers. Some of the ways she has helped her clients include:
- Routinely acting for manufacturers and suppliers in product liability cases, including advising clients on handling potential recalls and management of customer claims.
- Representing a transportation/shipping company in a hearing before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal in a case involving a tender dispute.
- Successfully representing Sobeys in its court challenge of the Sunday shopping legislation and regulations passed by the Nova Scotia government.
- Representing commercial, property and automobile insurers in Nova Scotia, including coverage disputes and defending claims.
- Advising parties in shareholders disputes and oppression claims, including, for example, representing a national real estate brokerage in a shareholder dispute arising out of a property syndication in Alberta.
- Representing parties in obtaining and defending injunctions.
Education & Career
Education
Dalhousie Law School, LLB, 1996
Dalhousie University, B.Sc., 1993
Activities
Board of Directors, The Advocates’ Society (Toronto, Ontario), 2019 – present
Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee, The Advocates’ Society, 2016 – present
National Standing Committee, The Advocates’ Society, 2019 – present
Standing Committee on Advocacy and Practice, The Advocates’ Society, 2019 – present
Collegiality, Mentoring and Membership Standing Committee, The Advocates’ Society, 2019 – present
Elected Council member, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2015 – present
Chair, Gender Equity Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2015 – present
Board of Directors, Atlantic Tennis Centre, 2017 – present
Governance and Nominating Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2019 – present
Professional Responsibility Policies and Procedures Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2017 – 2019
Entity Regulation and Risk Working Group Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2015 – 2016
Board of Directors, Discovery Centre, 2013 – 2019
Finance and Risk Management Committee, Discovery Centre, 2016 – 2019
Stewart McKelvey Students Committee, 2014 – 2017
Vice-chair, Insurance Practice Group, 2008 – 2010
Annual Meeting Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2006 – 2008
Executive Committee, Nova Scotia Branch, Canadian Bar Association, 2006 – 2009
Chair, Equity Committee, Nova Scotia Branch, Canadian Bar Association, 2006 – 2009
President and Board of Directors, Metro Community Housing Association, 1998 – 2006
Part-time faculty, Civil Trial Practice, Dalhousie Law School, 2002 – 2006
Faculty Council, Dalhousie University, 2002 – 2003
Canadian Defence Lawyers
Accolades
Queen’s Counsel, 2017
Benchmark Canada, local litigation star (General Commercial, Insurance), 2017 – 2021
Benchmark Canada, future star, 2016
Lexpert rating: Litigation – Commercial Insurance, 2017 – 2021
Lexpert rating: Litigation – Corporate Commercial, 2021
Lexpert rating: Product Liability, 2016
Best Lawyers: Insurance Law, 2021 – 2022
Best Lawyers: Product Liability Law, 2021 – 2022