8th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot 2007 - Victoria

 

News and Winners

Murdoch University School of Law and Victoria University are proud to have hosted and organised the 8TH annual IMLAM competition. The event was a great success, with a record 17 teams competing, including our first team from mainland China. The standard of the competition was extremely high. The students had clearly devoted an enormous amount of effort to their research and preparation, and their advocacy skills were admirable.

The grand final was held in the Federal Court of Australia before the Hon Justice James Allsop of the Federal Court, David Martin-Clark, a London Arbitrator, and Ron Salter, Arbitrator and Consultant to DLA Phillips Fox. The two teams who made it to the finals were Victoria University and Universitas Indonesia .

The winning team of the oral rounds was Universitas Indonesia.

The following Universities were represented at the competition:

University of Queensland
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Hong Kong
University of Newcastle
Murdoch University
Universitas Indonesia
Victoria University
National Law University, Jodhpur
La Trobe University
International Islamic University Malaysia
Queensland University of Technology
China University of Political Science and Law
Padjadjaran University,
Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, India
Gujarat National Law University, India
MARA University of Technology, Malaysia
Hidayatullah National Law University, India

The following prizes were presented at the final dinner:

Universitas Indonesia

Winner, Oral hearings sponsored by Blake Dawson Waldron
Universitas Indonesia

Victoria University
Runner-Up Oral Hearings sponsored by DLA Phillips Fox
Victoria University

Murdoch University
Best Written Memo for the Claimant sponsored by Informa Publishing
Murdoch University

University of Technology
Best Written Memo for the Respondent sponsored by Informa Publishing
University of Technology , Sydney

University of Queensland
Best Speaker General Rounds sponsored by Ebsworth & Ebsworth
James Green, University of Queensland

University of Technology - Best Speaker
Best Speaker in the Finals- sponsored by Jaya Prakash
Jamie Stollery, University of Technology , Sydney

Victoria University - Highest Ranked Team
Highest Ranked Team in the General Rounds sponsored by Minter Ellison
Victoria University

Hidayatullah National Law University
Individual Achievement award, sponsored by Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand ; and now renamed to honour the founder of the moot - to be called the Sarah Derrington Achievement Award
Pallav Mongia, Hidayatullah National Law University

Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar National Law University
A new Team Achievement award, sponsored by Sarah and Roger Derrington
The School of Excellence in Law, Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar National Law University


An individual Courage and Commitment award, also sponsored by Sarah and Roger Derrington
Lisa Muller, University of Newcastle

PROGRESSIVE RESULTS

The Final

Victoria University vs Universitas Indonesia

The Semi Finalist

  • Victoria University
  • University of Technology, Sydney
  • Murdoch University
  • Universitas Indonesia

The Quarter Finalists (in order of ranking)

  • Victoria University
  • University of Hong Kong
  • University of Queensland
  • Mara University of technology
  • Universitas Indonesia
  • Murdoch University
  • University of Technology, Sydney
  • International Islamic University, Malaysia


A competition such as this cannot be run without significant support from the legal profession and the maritime industry. Thanks must go to the grand final panel, all the arbitrators for giving of their time so generously, the Federal Court for providing the grand final venue, the sponsors for providing the prizes to the teams, the student helpers who acted as timekeepers, and Victoria University School of Law, and particular Bruno Zeller, who organised the whole venue and pulled the whole event together in Melbourne. Finally, the event would not have run so smoothly without my Murdoch team of Dr Vernon Nase and Renae Barker, who travelled to Victoria with me, and Miriam Everall and Brigitte Russman from the School of Law office at Murdoch.

All of those people were integral to the success of the event.

In 2008, the Competition will return to Murdoch University School of Law in late June or early July. In 2009 we plan to hold the event in Asia.

2007 has certainly set a new standard of excellence in the standard of competitors; I am sure it will be exceeded in 2008!

Kate Lewins
Moot Director