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Prof Stephen Corones - School of Law |
ProfessorB.Com, LLB (Qld), LLM (Lond), PhD (Qld) Contact:Room: C722 (Gardens Point campus) Stephen Corones was appointed a Professor within the Faculty of Law, at Queensland University of Technology in 1994. Recent books include Competition Law in Australia (4th ed) (Lawbook Co, Sydney, 2007), Consumer Protection and Product Liability Law (3rd ed) (Lawbook Co, Sydney, 2008) (with Philip Clarke), and Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics in Queensland (Lawbook Co, Sydney, 2008) (with Nigel Stobbs and Mark Thomas). He has been a consultant with law firm, DLA Phillips Fox, since 1992, working in the areas of competition law, market regulation and access issues, as well consumer protection generally. From 2005 to 2009, he was Deputy Chair of the Trade Practices Committee of the Law Council of Australia. In 2007 he was engaged by the Productivity Commission to prepare a Comparative Study of State and Commonwealth Consumer Protection legislation and advise the Productivity Commission generally in relation to its terms of reference for the reform of Australia’s consumer protection laws. In 2008 Stephen was appointed by the Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs to the Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council (CCAAC) for a three year term. He is currently working on a CCAAC inquiry into the adequacy of existing laws on implied conditions and warranties, the existence of extended warranties and their interaction laws on implied conditions and warranties, and the need for ‘lemon laws’ in Australia.Units currently taught:
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