CityU has been awarded the Fali Nariman Award for the Best Respondent Memorandum in the 2020 Vis East Moot

21 Apr 2020

by Team representative: Andy Hong

The School of Law at City University of Hong Kong is pleased to announce that their team has been awarded the Fali Nariman Award for the Best Respondent Memorandum in the 17th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

Coaches: Campbell Herbert and Navin G. Ahuja

Team: LO Loras Yuen Sing (LLB), Chung Wan Ying Wannie (LLB), Peng Yanbing Sandra (LLMArbDR), Megan Fanning (LLMArbDR), Hong Wah Ngai Andy (PCLL), Cho Siu Man Linda (PCLL)

The Moot was held virtually in Hong Kong from 22-29 March 2020. The Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot is a competition for law students from all countries. The Moot consists of the preparation of a memorandum for claimant, a memorandum for respondent and oral hearings. This year’s Moot Problem involved complex international commercial arbitration issues as well as challenging international sales law issues arising from the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”). This year’s rules are the LCIA Arbitration Rules (2014).

Apart from the Vis East Moot, the team was also awarded an Honourable Mention for the Best Memorandum for Respondent in the 27th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

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From left:

Chung Wan Ying Wannie (LLB) 鍾韻盈
Peng Yanbing Sandra (LLMArbDR) 彭岩冰
LO Loras Yuen Sing (LLB) 盧元勝
Megan Fanning (LLMArbDR)
Hong Wah Ngai Andy (PCLL) 洪華毅
Cho Siu Man Linda (PCLL) 左兆雯

Top (from left): Hong Wah Ngai Andy (PCLL) 洪華毅

Cho Siu Man Linda (PCLL) 左兆雯

LO Loras Yuen Sing (LLB) 盧元勝

Bottom (from left):Megan Fanning (LLMArbDR)

Chung Wan Ying Wannie (LLB) 鍾韻盈

Peng Yanbing (LLMArbDR) 彭岩冰

香港城市大學法律學院學生於2020 Vis East Moot 國際模擬法庭比賽榮獲Fali Nariman Award for the Best Respondent Memorandum

2020年4月21日

香港城市大學代表隊於第17屆Willem C. Vis East國際模擬法庭比賽勇奪 Fali Nariman Award for the Best Respondent Memorandum。

教練: Campbell Herbert 及 Navin G. Ahuja

成員：盧元勝 (LLB), 鍾韻盈 (LLB), 彭岩冰 (LLMArbDR), Megan Fanning (LLMArbDR), 洪華毅 (PCLL), 左兆雯 (PCLL)

今年的比賽於2020年3月22至29日在網上進行。Willem C. Vis East國際模擬法庭比賽每年吸引來自世界各地的法律學生參加。比賽項目包括為原告準備書面備忘錄，為答辯人準備書面備忘錄和口頭辯論。今年比賽題目牽涉複雜的國際商事仲裁議題以及由《聯合國國際貨物銷售合同公約》衍生的問題。今年的適用規則為倫敦國際仲裁院仲裁規則 (2014)。

城大法律學院除了在Vis East 取得佳績，他們亦在維也納的第27屆Willem C. Vis 國際模擬法庭比賽獲得Honourable Mention for the Best Memorandum for Respondent 。