On March 7 and 8, students from 15 law schools across Canada competed in the 34th annual Davies Corporate/Securities Law Moot.

This year’s problem explored a variety of issues, including material adverse effect, compliance with interim covenants and “time of the essence” clauses.

The top two teams competed in a final round before a five-member panel comprising The Honourable Justice Siobhan Monaghan of the Federal Court of Appeal; The Honourable Justice Patrick Monahan of the Ontario Court of Appeal; The Honourable Justice Julie A. Thorburn of the Ontario Court of Appeal; Mr. James (Jim) D. G. Douglas, Adjudicator of the Ontario Securities Commission; and Mr. Grant Vingoe, CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission.

Top prizes went to the following:

Teams

1. York University – Osgoode Hall Law School
2. University of Ottawa
3. McGill University

Factums

1. University of British Columbia
2. Queen’s University
3. University of Calgary

Oralists

1. Louis Althaus (Osgoode Hall) and Emily Chu (University of Ottawa)
2. Darya Rahbar (Osgoode Hall)
3. Rochelle Turnbull (University of British Columbia)

Congratulations to all the students and their coaches for another successful moot.