Shirley Quo

• BCom (UWA)
• Grad Dip Library & Info Studies (Curtin)
• LLB (Monash)
• LLM (Monash)
• Barrister and Solicitor (Vic)

Shirley joined the department in 2005. Before joining Monash, Shirley worked as an associate lecturer in the Law School at Deakin University (2004) and as a sessional tutor teaching corporate law at Melbourne University (2003). In semester one, 2006, Shirley was appointed as a visiting lecturer at the Law School, City University of Hong Kong where she taught torts and business law to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Shirley has also worked as a lawyer for the Office of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman; in the corporate sector for National Australia Bank and in the public sector for ASIC.

Teaching

Shirley lectures in commercial law and taxation law. .

Recent publications

In Press

• Insolvency Law: A Comparative Analysis of the Preference Tests in the UK and Australia (accepted for publication by the Company Lawyer)
• Insolvency Law: A Comparative Analysis of the Preference Tests in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Australia (accepted for publication by the International Insolvency Review)
• Hair Today, Hair of the Dog Tomorrow: The Equitable Duty of Confidence (accepted for publication by the Law Institute Journal)

Published

• Legal Practitioners and Persons Acting for those at Risk of Insolvency: in what circumstances will Professional Fees constitute Unfair Preferences? (2005) 13(1) Insolvency Law Journal 7-21.
• Spam: Private and Legislative Responses to Unsolicited Electronic Mail in Australia and the United States (2004) 11(1) E-Law, Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law
• Current Issues Affecting Secured Creditors: whether Payments to Secured Creditors can be recovered by Liquidators as Unfair Preferences (2003) 11(2) Insolvency Law Journal 117-127.