BMC 2024

Businet Moot Court    *    Gent  -  Belgium
HoGent - UAS

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Written round:
Starts on week 49, 2023 
until 16 February 2024

Oral rounds:
25 - 29  March  2024
- Group stage: 26 & 27 March 2024
- Knockout stage: 28 March 2024

 

The Businet Moot Court (BMC) competition
is divided in 2 rounds:
1 written round and 1 oral round

The written round

  • starts on 8 December 2023 with the publication of the case to be solved.
  • Teams that want to participate send in conclusions concerning the case published on this web page. The conclusion contains the viewpoints of the applicant and of the defendant.
  • During the written round teams can use all means and sources necessary to solve the case.
  • Cnclusion must be sent in on Friday 16 February 2024, at the latest.

The oral round 2024

  • Will take place in Ghent from 25 until 29 March 2024 and consists of 2 stages.
  • In the group stage, max 12 teams compete within 2 or 3 groups of each 4 or 5 teams.
  • Each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for pleadings against the other teams in that particular group.
  • The knockout stage is an elimination tournament in which teams of one group will battle teams from the other group(s) in one-off pleadings. This stage consists of pre-quarter-, quarter- and semi-finals.
  • The winners of both semi-finals will battle each other in the grand-final.

!!  BEWARE !!

Businet and HoGent take no liability for any costs arising from force majeure measures that would occur during any of the BMC rounds.

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Participants are urged to comply with all
government prescriptions or regulations (travelling, lodging, vacines...),
to take the required precautions and to take out necessary or additional insurance.

 

 

    Important

  • For organizational reasons 12 is the maximum number of teams allowed.
  • If more than 12 teams send in conclusions, the BMC administrator will select teams to the oral rounds, based on the quality of the send in conclusions.
  • Friday 16 February 2024: last day to send in Written conclusions
  • Monday 19 February 2024:
    - Announdement of selected teams
    - Start online registration: 
  • Friday 23 February 2024:
    - Last day to complete online registration
    - and make payments
  • Teams from non-Businet partner institutions, can participate if they contact the BMC administrator.
    (law.group.businet@gmail.com)
  • Each team MUST appoint a referee.
  • Minimum number of students per team is 3
    Maximum number of students per team is 5

 

Updated on 29 November 2023  -  Remarks or Information: N. Nijsten