2021 UNSW Private Law Moot results are out

2021 Moot Champions

University of Sydney

Robert Clarke, Sarah Purvis, Shruti Janakiraman, Tate Lindsay

Runner-Up

University of Queensland

Benjamin Schenk, James Pisko, Jianing Wang, Sam Yazdani

Best Speaker Preliminary Rounds

University of Technology Sydney

Ryan Maranik

Best Speaker Grand Final

University of Sydney

Robert Clarke

Best Appellant Written Submissions

University of New South Wales

Calum Brunton, Jack Zhou, Nicola McManis, Varun Rao

Best Respondent Written Submissions

University of New South Wales

Calum Brunton, Jack Zhou, Nicola McManis, Varun Rao

Spirit of the Moot Award

Auckland University of Technology

Corallee Collins-Annan, Marcus Mackenzie

The team from the University of Sydney prevailed after an intensely mooted final held on 24 May 2021 before the Hon Justice Anthony Meagher (New South Wales Court of Appeal), Professor Simone Degeling (UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice) and Alex Morris (Partner, King & Wood Mallesons).

King & Wood Mallesons wish to recognise all of the students who participated in the 2021 UNSW Private Law Moot and congratulate this year’s winning team for their achievement. You all have very promising futures in the legal profession, and we wish you all the best for the remainder of the academic year, and beyond. Additionally, we extend our sincere thanks to all those who volunteered their time to judge in this year’s competition, as well as the event organisers. 

We congratulate and thank all of the students who participated in the Moot for their dedication, hard work and passion for excellence.

We acknowledge and thank King & Wood Mallesons for their support of the Moot, Hart Publishing for their generous gift of book prizes and the many alumni, legal practitioners and UNSW Law & Justice academic staff who gave their time to judge moots.