Businet Moot Court
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"An extraordinary experience to enhance your pleading and presentation skills..."
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8th edition BMC
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Moot what...?
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Target Group
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25-29 March 2024
Ghent
in cooperation with
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A moot court is an extra curricular activity in which Law students take part in simulated court proceedings, which usually involves drafting briefs (or memorials) and oral argumentation. The term derives from Anglo-Saxon times, when a "moot" was a gathering of prominent men in a locality to discuss matters of local importance.
The modern activity differs from a mock trial, as moot court usually refers to a simulated appellate court or arbitral case, while a mock trial usually refers to a simulated jury trial or bench trial.
A Moot court does not involve actual testimony by witnesses, cross-examination, or the presentation of evidence, but is focused solely on the application of the law to a common set of evidential assumptions to which the competition must be introduced.
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All Bachelor students from Law schools, Law faculties, and institutions offering a Bachelor in Law course or a Bachelor in of Law-related degree program (including postgraduate) with a sufficient knowledge of EU-Law and a good knowledge of the English language (B1 or higher) are eligible to participate.
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Law Group pdf-brochure 2023-24
Year & venue
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Finalists
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BMC Leading Council
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2023 Vilnius (lt)
2022 Madrid (es)
2021 Online - Zoom
2019 Liège (be)
2018 Sittard/Maastricht (nl)
2017 Bolton (uk)
2015 Hasselt (be)
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AP Antwerpen UAS vs ZUYD UAS
HTW Berlin vs HoGent
HoGent vs UC Leuven
UC Leuven vs AP Antwerp UAS
ZUYD vs HELMo
HS Utrecht vs ZUYD
HTW Berlin vs UC Limburg
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.AP Antwerpen
HoGent
UC Leuven
Artesis-Plantijn Antwerpen UAS
Haute Ecole Libre Mosane
ZUYD UAS
UC Limburg
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The BMC competition is divided in 2 rounds: a written round and an oral round
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The written round
- starts with the publication of the case to be solved. See BMC 2024 page.
- Participating teams have to write a conclusion on a case that is based on EU legislation.
- The written conclusion contains 2 different viewpoints: the applicant and the defendant.
- During the written round teams can use all means and sources necessary to solve the case.
The oral rounds
- will take place in Ghent from 25 until 29 March 2024 and consists of 2 stages: a group stages followed by the knockout stage.
- In the group stage, max 12 teams compete within 2 or 3 groups. Each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for battles against other teams in the same group.
- The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches.
These are followed by the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and the grand-final.
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A Coach
"...an individual who at any time during the Competition has responsibility for organizing, advising, or training a Team." (Art 1 BMC Rules)
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A Referee
"...an individual determined as eligible by the administrator to be seated in a Judging Panel in order to conduct and evaluate any battle during the Competition Stage of the Oral Rounds." (Art 1 BMC Rules)
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A Judge
"...an individual determined as eligible by the administrator to be seated in a Judging Panel in order to preside, conduct and evaluate a battle during the Knock-out Stage of the Oral Rounds." (Art 1 BMC Rules)
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He or she:
- helps his/her team to prepare the pleadings;
- can help and guide his/her team in between the pleadings;
- is not allowed to help his/her team during the pleadings;
- is competent in legal research & methodology and in EU law.
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Teams that do not appoint a referee will be dismissed without reimbursement!
A referee should:
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Judges are appointed by the Administrator and the Co-organizing partner institution.
He/she should:
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not be involved in any of hte teams;
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have an operational knowledge of the English language (minimum B2);
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be a Master in Law or a similar degree;
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be able to evaluate and judge the proceedings and pleadings.
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Report
Businet Moot Court 2023 - Vilnius
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From 27 to 30 March 2023, 12 teams of the Businet partner Institutions (Universidad Villanueva-Madrid, HTW Berlin, Ghent UAS, University College Leuven, KSU Vilnius, Utrecht UAS, HELMo-Liège, UC Limburg, JH Avans-Fontys Tilburg, EPHEC Brussels, AP Antwerp and ZUYD UAS participated to the oral rounds of the seventh edition of the Businet Moot Court coorganized by Kazimiras Simonavicius University in Vilnius.
The participants to a Moot Court take part in simulated court proceedings, which involves, amongst others, drafting briefs and building up an oral argumentation. A Moot Court differs from a mock trial that usually refers to a simulated jury trial or bench trial. Hence, a Moot court does not involve actual testimony by witnesses, cross-examination, or the presentation of evidence, but focuses solely on the application of the law to a common set of evidential assumptions to which the competition must be introduced.
After the competition stage and the quarter finals the teams of UCLeuven, ZUYD Sittard, AP Antwerp and UV Madrid proceeded to the semi-finals of the knock-out stage. In a suspenseful Grand Finale between AP Antwerp and ZUYD Sittard, the team from AP Antwerp was announced as the winner of this 7th BMC edition.
As one of the participating students noticed: “This has been a unique experience, a great opportunity to practice our pleading skills and for that I would like to give many thanks to the Businet network for giving us that chance. A huge thank you to Nico Nijsten, John Elisson and Kristina Slekiené for their great work."
Updated on 29 Novembert 2023 - Remarks or Information: N. Nijsten
