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Alexander McKinnon, Kristen Price, Lauren Humphrey and Alexander Molloy |
UQ has strengthened its excellent reputation in mooting by winning the 10th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot for the second consecutive year.
The TC Beirne School of Law team competed against 13 universities from the Asia Pacific region at The University of Queensland between 2 and 7 July.
The team, consisting of Bachelor of Laws students Alexander McKinnon, Kristen Price, Alexander Molloy and Lauren Humphrey, claimed victory over Universitas Indonesia by the narrowest of margins, with one arbitrator calling it a dead heat.
The team was coached by Captain John Kavanagh of Maritime Safety Queensland and Mr Alexander Psaltis, a member of the 2008 UQ winning team.
The UQ team also won the Best Written Memo for the Claimant award, with the Hon. Justice Allsop, President of the NSW Court of Appeal, commenting that it was “a beautiful piece of writing”, and Kristen Price was ranked second in the Best Speaker in the Finals award.
The victory adds to an impressive record of TC Beirne School of Law mooting successes, which include winning the highly prestigious Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot twice and the prestigious Jessup International Law Mooting Competition.
Professor Sarah Derrington of the TC Beirne School of Law said the competition organisers were extremely grateful for the support of the Law Library and the band of willing law student volunteers who acted as court officials and time keepers throughout the competition.