果冻影院

After making their way through聽five consecutive knock-out rounds and seeing off teams from King鈥檚 College London, the University of Sussex, the University of St Andrews and City University, the 果冻影院 Laws team reached the finals and went head to head with the Oxford-Brookes University team.

Contesting issues of incorporation of contractual terms, common law lien, conversion and conspiracy, the 果冻影院 Laws team took on the respondent鈥檚聽role聽in the finals. In an intensely-debated聽final round, third and second-year聽聽students Soo Han and David narrowly lost out and were awarded runners-up by the Inner Temple judging panel,聽made up of senior silks and judges of the bench.

Throughout the day of the competition, participants took part in a range of activities, including a speed moot, running alongside the competition to develop their advocacy skills. The prestigious Bhutan Cup trophy, donated to the Inn by the King of Bhutan, was awarded to the winning team at the end of the competition, along with a mini-pupillage at the chambers of the main competition sponsors.

During the competition, the teams had to prepare both the appellant鈥檚 and respondent鈥檚 cases, and only learned of their allocation five minutes before each round began. 鈥淭he difficulty with the moot was that we were given the task of arguing both positions,鈥� Soo Han explains.

鈥淭his required a thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the parties鈥� cases and to play on that accordingly in each round. We were always on the search for this higher-level argument to trump what we had just thought of for the other side.鈥�

This proved to be one of the most memorable aspects of the competition as a whole for the team. 鈥淲e particularly enjoyed arguing for the respondent in our third (quarter-final) and fifth (final) rounds,鈥� recalls Soo Han. 鈥淭he role allowed us to engage with the contentious issues directly. It felt like there was an on-going conversation with the applicant and the panel of judges鈥�

鈥淕etting the chance to moot in such a highly competitive environment was quite the experience,鈥� David adds. 鈥淎 thrill overshadowed only by the rigorous聽scrutiny of the judges at hand. Quite the unforgettable Sunday out!鈥�