12th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot 2011 - Singapore

 

News and Winners

Dear Sponsors, Supporters, & Colleagues


12TH ANNUAL IMLAM COMPETITION – 2011 SINGAPORE

Murdoch University School of Law is proud to have organised the 12th annual IMLAM Competition, hosted by our colleagues at National University, Singapore. The event was a great success, with 18 teams competing. As ever, the students impressed the arbitrators with their level of preparation and mastery of both the law and advocacy.

After the general rounds, the top 8 teams progress to the quarterfinals. Those teams were: 

  • University of Queensland
  • NLS India University, Bangalore
  • Queensland University of Technology
  • National University of Singapore
  • Murdoch University
  • University of Southampton University of Hong Kong
  • City University of Hong Kong

 Notable in this list was the NLS India team; in their first year, with no coach and no tradition of maritime law at their university, they were extremely strong contenders in the oral rounds as well as winning a Memoranda prize.

University of Southampton and Murdoch University fought their way to the grand final, which was held in the fantastic arbitration facilities of Maxwell Chambers. The grand final was before the Hon Justice Judith Prakash, Justice of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Mr Lawrence Boo, head of The Arbitration Chambers Singapore and Mr Michael Pryles, Chairman, Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

In a close finish, the winning team of the oral rounds was Murdoch University.

The following prizes were presented at the awards dinner:

  • Winner, Oral hearings sponsored by Minter Ellison and Arbitration Chambers, Singapore – Murdoch University
  • Runner-Up Oral Hearings sponsored by DLA Piper and Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration – University of Southampton
  • Best overall Written Memoranda sponsored by Informa Publishing – National Law School of India University
  • Runner up Best overall Written Memo sponsored by Informa Publishing – University of Queensland
  • Best Memo for the Claimant sponsored by Clyde & Co: University of Queensland
  • Best Memo for the Respondent sponsored by Clyde & Co: National Law School of India University
  • Best Speaker General Rounds sponsored by Middletons – Ben Grant, University of Queensland
  • Best Speaker in the Finals (Ron Salter award)- sponsored by Jaya Prakash – Kathryn Law, University of Southampton
  • Highest Ranked Team in the General Rounds sponsored by Norton Rose – University of Queensland
  • The Sarah Derrington Achievement Award, sponsored by Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand: Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
  • AMTAC ‘Spirit of the Moot’ award, sponsored by AMTAC – Krishna Kakkayadi, School of Excellence in Law, Tamil Nadu Dr
  • Ambedkar National Law University and Parul Alok, Chanakya National Law University.


The following Universities participated in the competition:

Chanakya National Law University
Goa University
Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Nirma University Institute of Law
The University of Hong Kong
Gujarat National Law University
National University of Singapore
City University of Hong Kong
Universitas Padjadjaran
Universitas Indonesia
University of Southampton
National Law School of India University
Murdoch University
School of Excellence in Law, Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University
The University of Queensland
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Universiti Teknologi MARA
Queensland University of Technology

A competition such as this cannot be run without significant support from the legal profession and the maritime industry. My thanks go to Peter Glover, of Norton Rose, spent many hours crafting the moot problem, which one arbitrator described as ‘devilish’. Thanks also to the grand final panel, all the arbitrators for giving of their time so generously (particularly those who travelled to Singapore for the occasion), Maxwell Chambers for providing the grand final venue, and the sponsors for providing the prizes to the teams. The anonymous judges of the memoranda perform a largely thankless task with good grace and a great deal of expertise. We must also thank the student helpers from NUS who acted as timekeepers and court officials for the 43 moots that took place, and the many other students and staff at NUS who ensured the event ran smoothly. My personal thanks go to Professor Girvin, Elizabeth Chua and Jake Ng for their impeccable organisation, and Miriam Everall, the IMLAM co-ordinator. All of these people were integral to the success of the event, which is indeed a team effort.

Photos of the competition, the grand final and the awards dinner will be posted on our website in the coming days; http://www.law.murdoch.edu.au/maritimemoot/index.html

I am thrilled to announce that in 2012, the IMLAM Competition will be hosted by Queensland University of Technology. Our thanks to our colleagues at QUT for agreeing to host the event. We look forward to another excellent competition in Brisbane next year!

My thanks to all of you for your support of this competition.

Kate Lewins
Moot Director

Problem and Memoranda

UNIVERSITIES RESPONDENTS CLAIMANTS
National Law School of India University PDF PDF
University of Queensland PDF PDF

The moot organisers gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following sponsors of the IMLAM Moot 11'

Moot Prizes Sponsored by

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