This past weekend in Toronto, 11 law schools from across Canada participated in Davies’ 28th annual Corporate/Securities Law Moot. The moot provides an opportunity for top students from Canadian law schools to debate current legal issues in corporate and securities law.
Prizes went to the following:
Teams
Factums
Oralists
The top two teams competed in a final round before a five-member panel, consisting of The Honourable Justice Andromache Karakatsanis of the Supreme Court of Canada, The Honourable Justices Gloria Epstein, Kathryn Feldman and Robert Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal and Mr. Tim Moseley, Vice Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission.
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