LAWS MOOTING COMPETITION
Competition Finalists 2008: Iman Kara-Ali and Sarina Worley.
The Grand Final of the 2009 Mooting Competition will take place in Coopers' Hall at 9.30am on Wednesday 15th July 2009. This will be followed by a Laws 'Celebration Day' - with charity events organised by Citizenship students, and podcast presentations by US Politics students.
The Mooting Competition involves the subject area of 'non-fatal offences and consent' - with some specially developed moot cases. The successful team will need to display teamwork, with creative and analytical legal arguments.
All students knocked out of the competition will be required to produce detailed written legal opinions related to all of the moot cases (students who reach the Quarter/Semi-Final or Grand Final will be exempt from the requirement to provide written legal opinions). One of the Judges will assess the written legal opinions and a prize will be presented at the Grand Final of the Moot to the student who produces the best written legal opinion.
The purpose behind the Mooting Competition is to have some fun, while developing research/analytical skills and thereby establish a detailed understanding of the core elements necessary for the special study examination (which takes place in June).
Please note that all rounds of the 2009 Mooting Competition will be held in the Court of Appeal, with the Semi-Finals and Grand Final held in the mooting equivalent of the proposed UK Supreme Court (see link for valuable information).
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(1) Mooting and Legal Tips - [Powerpoint] - [PDF Print File]
(1a) The cases for the Mooting Competition 2009
(1d) General Rules for the 2009 Moot
The Special Study materials can be found in Appendix 2 of 'OCR Criminal Law for A2' by Jacqueline Martin.
Students should read and precis Chapter 9 of 'OCR Criminal Law for A2' by Jacqueline Martin.
(2) The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent [PowerPoint] - [PdF Print File]
(2a) Judicial Precedent Exercise
(3) Prior to the delivery oof the 'Non-Fatal Powerpoint' students read and precis Chapter 9 of 'OCR Criminal Law for A2' by Jacqueline Martin (2nd edition). Students should also read another text - such as 'Criminal Law' by Diana Roe (3rd edition) for comparison and consolidation purposes. Take your precis notes to class so they can be checked at the start of the lesson.
(3a) Non-fatal Offences Against the Person [PowerPoint] & [Pdf Print file] 
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Textooks that may help in preparing for a Moot (See the College Library)
'OCR Criminal Law for A2' by Jacqueline Martin
'Criminal Law' by Diana Roe
'Criminal Law' by Storey and Lidbury
Use any 'Criminal Law Cases and Materials Textbook'
'Blackstone's Guide to Moots' - Written by Kaye and Townley (1996)
'How to Moot: A Student guide to Mooting' - Written by Snape and Watt (2004)
Look up a case online - Search http://www.bailii.org/ for case and statute law.
Hayley Taylor addressing Dr Jepson, and Mrs Lindley, in the 2003 Moot Final.
All names are published via implied consent. Any name/entry will be removed on request.
The 2008 Mooting Competition: Fixtures/Results
The 2007 Mooting Competition: Fixtures/Results
The 2006 Mooting Competition: Fixtures/Results
The 2005 Mooting Competition: Fixtures/Results
The 2003 Mooting Competition: Finalists in 2003
The Moot Cases used in the 2006 Competition
The Moot cases used in the 2007-8 Competition
All names are published via implied consent. Any name/entry will be removed on request - email Dr Peter Jepson