Devils take top spot in mooting competition

 

‘Team Scotland’ emerged as winners following an advocacy training and mooting day hosted by the Faculty of Advocates earlier this week.

Pupils from the Northern Irish and English Bar competed against four devils from the Scottish Bar.

There were three moots, all civil, which considered the apportionment of liability between wrongdoers, secondary victims in a clinical negligence context, and liability of rescuers. The advocacy training exercise was based on a criminal exercise. 

The three ‘judges’ included Faculty’s Calum MacNeill KC; Jessica Wolseley, a lecturer at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies in Belfast; and Andrea Ursprung, a senior tutor for the Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) bar training course.

The winning four devils were Aimeé Doran, Graeme Milloy, Sarah McWhirter and Darren Cox.

The event was organised by the Faculty of Advocate’s Director of Training and Education, Bruce Langlands, who said: “There was much gained from the day by way of mutual learning and support and a developed understanding of the training and qualification process in the different jurisdictions. Scotland won a closely-fought moot, holding off tough competition from the opposing teams.”

Mr Langlands extended his thanks to the instructors from Faculty who assisted in making the day a success, as well as the members of Faculty who volunteered their time to participate as witnesses in the advocacy exercises.