Oxford emerges as runner-up for Best Written Submissions and Best Preliminary Speaker at UNSW Private Law Moot 2021

The Seventh UNSW Private Law Moot took place online from 22 – 24 May 2021. The competition, which was open to undergraduates, saw 18 teams from 7 countries compete in the oral rounds judged by practitioners and academics. The University of Oxford entered the competition for the first time in 2021, and was represented by Athena Kam (BA Law, Pembroke College), Caroline Green (BA Law, St Anne’s College), Joseph Khaw (BA Law, Wadham College), and Sabrina Lethenyey (BA Law, Oriel College).

The UNSW Private Law Moot is the first and only Australian mooting competition on private law and commercial topics. The moot problem this year spanned issues of tort, contract, and unjust enrichment, with specific questions such as whether the tort of false imprisonment could be committed negligently as well as the availability and valuation of claims of non-contractual quantum meruit following the seminal case of Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd

Oxford team, left to right: Caroline Green, Athena Kam, Joseph Khaw, Sabrina Lethenyey.