1 Year Compulsory Moot

2010
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Evening of Thursday 28thJanuary

6.30pm-8.30pm
Squiffy v SouthSolent Bus Company

1st year Mooting Workshop 2008

Morning of Monday 25th January

Mooting Problem: Blair v Brown
Organised and run by the Mooting Society
Practice for the 28th January
One hour with 2nd and 3rd year students
Prepare according to instructions from
Lucy Knight

The Law

Contract Law
Brown v Blair-workshop moot
Contract law-misrepresentation
Different-basic skills are the same
Teams of 4 consisting of
Appellants/Respondents, Senior and
Junior

Preparation

Know your brief

As practitioners
Relevant issues
Area of Law
Research
Submissions
Case law to support your submissions

 Cases that are against you

Pull out the facts of the case
Why should the judge follow your
submissions

Skeleton Argument
Put your submissions down in the order of
strength
Major and Strongest submissions first
Followed by either less strong
submissions or alternative submissions
designed to undermine your opponent
Make sure you end with what you want the
judge to do

Bundle
Make sure you attach the relevant
authorities in your bundle in order that you
intend to use them.
Make sure that you can direct the judge to
use particular authority and then to the
particular paragraph.

Example
I refer your Lordship to the case of Carlill v
Carbolic Smokeball Company in the 2nd
volume of the Queens Bench reports for
1892 at page 484 and found at page 2 of
your bundle. I would like to refer your
Lordship to the judgment of Lord Reid, in
particular paragraph 6 which appears on
page 3 of the bundle.

 To asterix or underline paragraph or not?

Which court are the judgments from?
Is the judgment binding on the court?
Keep the bundle simple and useful

Forms of Address
Court of Appeal, Mode of Address is Your
Lordship/Ladyship, My Lord, My Lady
Im obliged My Lord
Im grateful My Lord
As your Lord pleases
Not Your Honour!

 Two opposing mooters-My Learned

Friend/s
Lead/junior counsel for the
appellants/respondents
Mr Bloggs of counsel for the appellants

Starting your submission

May it please your Lordship, I appear with
my learned junior Miss/Mr on behalf of the
appellant in this case and my learned
friends Mr X Miss X appear on behalf of
the Respondent
I will deal with the first ground of appeal
and my learned junior will deal with the
second

Court Etiquette

Never interrupt the judge

No colloquial phrases
Accept correction by the judge
Judges permission
Never tell the judge what you think
Assist the judge
Thank the judge

Politeness and respect at all times

No speeches
Make notes
Have some case cards
Understand the Law
Practice

Rules
Go through all the rules
Familiarise yourself with Guide to Mooting
handed out at the demonstration moot
Judges will be requested to give you
feedback on your individual performance
Enjoy It!

Internal Competition
Will take place March/April
Apply even if you have lost the moot
Enter as individuals

National and International

Competitions

ESU
WLR
OUP
Inter-Varsity
Lexis Nexis
London Law Review