Gail Pearson
BA (Hons) Qld. LLB UNSW PhD JNU
Professor
gail.pearson@sydney.edu.au
Room 514
H69 - Economics and Business Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9036 6239
Fax: +61 2 9351 7473
Professor Gail Pearson (BA (Hons), PHD, LLB) is a leading academic in the fields of financial services, commercial and consumer laws. She is the author of Pearson, G Financial Services Law and Compliance Cambridge University Press 2009, Pearson, Fisher and Ali Commercial Law: Commentary and Materials (ed2) Lawbook 2004, the major Australian text in this area and also of Consumer Protection Law, ed 5 Federation 1998 (with Goldring, Maher and McKeough). She has published numerous articles in Australian and international journals including a pieces on risk, self regulation and innovation in financial services.
Gail Pearson is a former Member of the Fair Trading Tribunal of New South Wales (now Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal), the chief venue for resolving consumer disputes. She is currently a member of the Fair Trading Advisory Council (a statutory advisory committee to the Minister for Fair Trading) and a member of the consultative committee to the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal. She is on the Executive Board of the International Association of Consumer Law(Helsinki) and the Consumer Committee of the International Law Association (London).
Research Expertise
- Commercial law
- Consumer law
- Contracts
- Financial services law