Prestigious arbitration pre-moot held at Edinburgh Law School
Wed 24 February 2016
The Pre-Moot is a mooting competition based on the problem for the 23rd Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, with written submissions in the form of memoranda and oral pleadings. The final rounds for pleadings are to be in Hong Kong and Vienna in March 2016.
The Edinburgh Pre-Moot was developed to support Edinburgh Law School's team together with other Scottish teams (currently only Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen) in their preparations for their performance in Vienna.
Students gained invaluable feedback from arbitration practitioners while pleading and testing their case for claimant and respondent against a number of international teams. This year, 13 teams from 10 jurisdictions came together in an atmosphere full of excitement and enthusiasm.
Dr Simone Lamont-Black, founder of the Edinburgh Vis Moot Project and lecturer in international trade law at the University of Edinburgh said: "It was a great pleasure for Ms Snjólaug Árnadóttir, our Edinburgh team coach, and I, to welcome a truly international community of students and arbitrators to Edinburgh Law School and to witness the skills displayed, the enthusiasm, inspiring work and great knowledge exchange in which all participants engaged."