Contact Details
p: +61 2 9514 3412
f: +61 2 9514 3400
Location
Faculty of Law
Cnr Quay St & Ultimo Road
Haymarket NSW 2007
Room# CM05B.04.51
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Mailing Address
UTS:LAW
P.O. Box 123
Broadway NSW 2007
AUSTRALIA
Areas of Expertise
› Legal Theory and History
› Restrictive Trade Practices
› Theories of Companies
and Corporations
› Political Economy of Laws
› Religion and Laws
Current Teaching
76058 Discrimination and the Law
76027 Restrictive Trade Practices
Academic Profile
Since joining the Faculty in 2002, Weng Siow has taught in a number of corporate and discrimination law areas. He has also been Academic Liaison Officer for students within the Faculty and has served on the Faculty's Appeals Committee.
Weng is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.
Current Research Activities
Research on causation and quantum of damages in securities fraud cases and the importation of fraud-on-the-market theory into Australin corporate laws.
Research on technological change and stadards setting.
Reasearch on rationality in laws and economics.
LSF grant, 2006: "Corporate Culture and Criminal Proceedings in Australia from an international perspective", (with Dr C. Hawes)
Recent Publications
Weng Siow and Jason Harris. "Uncertainty regarding civil penalties and privilege against penalties" 60(2) Keeping Good Companies 68
Weng Siow. (2007) "Fraud-on-the-market in Australia?", 23 Butterworths Corporation Law Bulletin [798]
Weng Siow. (2007) "The constitutionality of disqualification orders: Gould, Albarran and Visnic in the High Court", 5 Butterworths Corporation Law Bulletin [80]
Weng Siow. (2007) "Purpose vs effec: the disqualification order revisited", 3 Butterworths Corporation Law Bulletin [52]