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11th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot 2010 - Sydney
News and Winners
11TH ANNUAL IMLAM COMPETITION – 2010 SYDNEY
National University of Singapore have emerged victorious in the oral rounds of the Eleventh Annual International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot, after defeating Murdoch University in the Grand Final on Tuesday, July 6.
After five general rounds, the field was narrowed to eight quarter-finalists - National University of Singapore, City University of Hong Kong, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Murdoch University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Technology Sydney, and the 2009 Grand Finalists, The University of Queensland and Universitas Indonesia.
The semi-finals saw Murdoch face off against QUT, and The University of Queensland against NUS, who qualified as the highest-ranking team in the general rounds.
The gripping Grand Final hearing was followed by the moot’s Awards Function, held at Zilver restaurant in Haymarket. The teams, their coaches, and a number of arbitrators who generously gave up their time to judge the competition, were in attendance. The Blake Dawson prize for the winners of the oral hearings, and the DLA Phillips Fox prize for the runners-up, were presented by the Grand Final panel President, Justice Allsop.
The winning team from NUS with Dimity Maybury of Blake Dawson
The Moot Director, Associate Professor Kate Lewins, expressed her thanks to the team of staff from the UTS Law Faculty, led by Associate Professor Sally Varnham, for their invaluable assistance with the organisation and hosting of the oral rounds; and also to the many UTS law students who volunteered their time as court officials. Associate Professor Lewins also gave her thanks to the many arbitrators who gave up their time, and in some cases travelled interstate and overseas, to help judge the competition. Associate Professor Lewins made special mention of Mr David Martin-Clark, a distinguished maritime arbitrator who has travelled from the UK to assist with the Moot for the tenth successive year.
The Informa prize for the competition’s Best Written Memoranda was awarded to The University of Sydney, participating in the Moot for the first time in over five years. The prize for the runner-up written memoranda was awarded to the University of Notre Dame Australia.
Other awards made on the night included the Sarah Derrington Achievement Award, won by the National Law University, Jodhpur; and the AMTAC Spirit of the Moot award, won by Ada Yeung of City University of Hong Kong, for her gracious and resolute performance under particularly fervent questioning by the panel in a general rounds hearing.
The runners up, Murdoch University, with Alexandra Parker of DLA Phillips Fox.
LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS
The Blake Dawson Prize for the Winning Team in the Oral Rounds: National University of Singapore
The DLA Phillips Fox Prize for the Runner Up team in the Oral Hearings: Murdoch University
The Minter Ellison Prize for the Highest Ranked Team in the General Rounds: National University of Singapore
The Ron Salter Award for the Best Speaker in the Finals (Sponsored by Mr Jaya Prakash): Dedi Ahmad, National University of Singapore
Honourable Mentions – Runner-up Speakers in the Finals
- Timotheus Koh, National University of Singapore
- Seng Yen Ping, National University of Singapore
- Michael Gorrie, University of Technology Sydney
- Nicholas Josey, Queensland University of Technology
- The Informa Prize for the Best Written Memoranda: The University of Sydney
The Informa Prize for the Runner-Up Best Written Memoranda: The University of Notre Dame Australia
The Middletons Prize for the Best Speaker in the General Rounds: Timotheus Koh, National University of Singapore
Honourable mentions – Runner-up Speakers in the General Rounds :
- Dedi Ahmad, National University of Singapore
- Lauren Dybeck, Murdoch University
- Andrea Loh Ern-Yu, National University of Singapore
- Yvette Fenton, Murdoch University
The AMTAC “Spirit of the Moot” award: Ada Pui Ying Yeung, City University of Hong Kong
Individual Achievement Award , sponsored by Roger Derrington: Universiti Teknologi MARA
The Sarah Derrington Encouragement Award , sponsored by MLAANZ: National Law University, Jodhpur
Problem and Memoranda
•Moot Problem
•Procedural Order 1
•Procedural Order 2
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