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- OUP
and BPP National Mooting Competition - City University were successful in
the final of the 2010-2011 Oxford
University Press and BPP
National Mooting Competition. His Honour Judge Charles
Gratwicke of Chelmsford Crown Court presided over the final, held on 30
June at BPP Law School.
Runners up were the University of Strathclyde, with the other finalists, the University of Cambridge and the University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus).
The two winning law students, Rory Clarke and Mark Humphreys, received a certificate, trophy, £750 each and a chance to gain experience with BPP Law School’s Pro Bono Centre. To get more information about entry to the 2011/12 contest, email (replace [a] with @): mooting.uk@oup.com
Results 2009-10 mooting season
- OUP
and BPP National Mooting Competition - Oxford University were successful in
the final of the 2009-2010 OUP and BPP
National Mooting Competition. His Honour Judge Charles
Gratwicke of Chelmsford Crown Court presided over the final, held on 1
July at BPP Law School.
Daniel Khoo and Joshua Folkard of Oxford University beat last year's winners Sheffield Hallam University, first-time finalists University of Chester and this year's runners up University of Birmingham.
The winners receive £750 each, a certificate and trophy to mark their achievement and the opportunity to gain experience with BPP's Pro Bono Centre.
- NLS International Arbitration Moot - The National Law School of India University, Bangalore run this international competition. The first edition of the moot was a success with over 30 Indian and international teams participating. The competition was judged by leading Indian Supreme Court and High Court judges and advocates, as well as international arbitration experts. The second edition of the moot will be held from 10th to 12th April 2009 in Bangalore, India and will be focused on the area of Bilateral Investment Treaty Arbitration. International teams are invited, and the moot problem and further details are available on the university website, here.
- Welsh National Mooting Competition - A new inter-varsity competition has been launched in 2009 in Wales. Teams from Cardiff Law School, the University of Glamorgan’s Law School, Swansea University Law School, and the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University took part in a competition sponsored by LexisNexis. The 2009 final was held at Aberystwyth University on Wednesday 25 March, and judged by Mr Carwyn Jones, Counsel General and Leader of the House, and Minister for Assembly Business and Communications at the National Assembly of Wales.
- OUP
and BPP National Mooting Competition
- entry for the OUP / BPP competition closes on 12 October.
The final of the OUP and BPP National Mooting Competition 2007-2008
will take place at BPP Holborn on the evening of Monday 30 June 2008.
Total prize money of £2,200 is on offer.
Following 8 months of intense competition the final four teams, out of a record breaking starting line-up of 61, are: City University, the University of Reading, Birmingham City University, and the University of Cambridge.
The judge will be His Honour Judge Gratwicke of Chelmsford Crown Court. HHJ Gratwicke presided over the final in 2006-2007.
- London University Mooting Shield - University College London came out on top in the final of the London University Mooting Shield, held on 22 April 2008. The mooting problem related to noisy neighbours. UCL narrowly beat Kings College London in the final.
- OUP National Mooting Competition - James Chapman and Andrew Hilland of Oxford University won the 2007 final of the OUP competition, which was hosted on Thursday 5th July by BPP at their Law School in London (Holborn) in a mock court room. In addition to the prize money on offer, the winners of the competition were given a tour of BPP’s Pro Bono Centre and the opportunity to participate in pro bono projects. More details are available on the OUP website.
Results: 2005-6 mooting season
- ESU
- Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition
- OUP
National Mooting Competition
- City
University - Laura McNair-Wilson
and Tom Asquith
- Buckingham
University - Zara Broadley and
Richard Taylor
- Lincoln's
Inn - Andrew Enga and Sarah Read
- City
University - Laura McNair-Wilson
and Tom Asquith
- ICLR
/ Weekly Law Reports
The fifth annual ICLR Weekly Law Reports Mooting Competition at The Law Society was won by Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The final with the University of Derby was fiercely contested, with the judge Derek French commenting on the exceptionally high standards of argument and presentation that both teams displayed on the night. MootingNet went along and watched what was an exceptionally well argued moot on the issues of offer, acceptance and economic duress.
Winning mooters Alvin Cheung and Rebecca Drake got their names on the prestigious winners shield, narrowly beating runners up Vicky Eynon and Pauline Walker in the final round. 32 teams took part in this year's competition.
Here are the winners and runners up accepting their prizes:
To enter the 2006/7 ICLR Weekly Law Reports Mooting Competition, or for sponsorship for an internal competition email DanC@iclr.co.uk.
- Midland
Universities Mooting Competition
The final of the Midland Universities Mooting Competition took place on 4th April and was judged by Sir John Mummery.
The winners were the team from Reading University (James Harrison & Caroline Cabral), who narrowly beat off competition from Birkbeck University in the final. The competition was sponsored by Lexis Nexis and ICLR.
- Internal
university competition results
Glamorgan University Mooting Competition - The winners of the internal Glamorgan University Mooting Competition in April 2006 were Richard Main and Christohper James Thomas, with the runners up being Sally Taylor and Sian Harris.
The picture below shows from left to right, Sian Harris, Sally Taylor, Professor Gerwyn Griffiths (the judge), Christopher James Thomas and Richard Main.
Oxford v Oxford Brookes Intervarsity Mooting Competition - an Oxford team of Timothy Killen and Heather Sargent, second year law students from Hertford, have won the Final of this year’s Oxford v Oxford Brookes Intervarsity Mooting Competition. The final on 9th June was judged by the Rt Hon Lord Scott of Foscote. In front of a packed room of spectators in St. Anne’s College, they mooted against fierce competition from David Thomas and Matthew Peters, also 2nd year law students from Exeter College. Tim and Heather were presented with a cheque for £150. David and Matthew shared a runners up cheque for £80.
De Montfort University's internal mooting competition took place on 3rd April and was judged by Professor Richard Card.
The winners were Michael Nkrumah and Phillip Price, who will be jointly awarded the Leicestershire Law Society Mooting Cup, sponsored by New Street Chambers.
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