Hello
everyone,
Thank your signing up for the internal mooting
competition. The date for Round 1 has been set for
the 25th of January. As we have 8 competing teams
and therefore 4 moots (Moot A, B, C and D) for Round
1, Tolu is hoping to organize two rooms for us, with
two teams reporting to each room. Your judges will
be Chris Ashford and Alan Reed.
Although Tolu is still in the process of figuring
out the available rooms, we will be aiming for a 1
pm show-up time for all teams. Ideally, 2 moots will
be held in different rooms at the same time, and
once those are completed the next two will begin.
This means that for approximately the first hour and
twenty minutes the contestants of the second set of
moots (C, D for example) will be asked to remain on
stand-by (I hope that makes sense!). Since there
is has been no decision on who will go first, it is
crucial that everyone is on time at 1pm and it would
be wise to clear up about 3 hours of your time for
this (i.e.1 pm - 4 pm).
Also, your authorities and points will be due on
the 23rd by 11am in an email to me. I will then
distribute them to your opponent team and vice
versa. Make sure that you have a maximum of 6
authorities (preferrably cases, although reputable
texts may also be accepted), and that your skeleton
arguments are outlined clearly and correctly. Please
try to get these in on time, as failure to do so may
earn you disqualification.
I realize that this may be confusing and please
feel free to
Email Me or
Email Tolu with any questions you may have. You
should expect another email fairly soon with details
as to which rooms you will need to report to.
I think that covers everything. You should be
receiving the moot problem soon. One other thing to
remember is that this is extra-curricular
activity so try and enjoy it! It'll be great
practice for not just for your degree but for your
career!
Best regards,
Ahmed Khalil
ahmed.khalil@sunderland.ac.uk
Tolu Adegbenro
tolu84@hotmail.com
