Dual national mooting victories

University of Oxford teams from the Law Faculty have won two of the UK's largest and most prestigious national competitions in mooting (court practice). Emily MacKenzie and Hannah Noyce defeated the BPP Law School in the ESU Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition. A week later on 1 July, Joshua Faolkard and Daniel Khoo were victorious against the Universities of Birmingham and Chester and Sheffield Hallam University to win the OUP and DPP National Mooting Competition. In the Grand Final of the ESU-Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition, Emily and Hannah won the coveted Silver Mace for Oxford for the first time in the 39-year history of the mooting contest. Mooting in the President's Court at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Emily and Hannah appeared before a bench consisting of the Hon Justice Garry Downes AM of the Federal Court of Australia and Mr David Mildon QC and Mr Tim Eicke, both of Essex Court Chambers. The problem, framed as an appeal and cross-appeal to the House of Lords, involved issues of dishonest assistance in a breach of fiduciary duty and liability to an account of profits. In addition to the Silver Mace, Emily and Hannah each received prizes of £1,000, as did the Faculty of Law.