Wits Roman Law Moot I - Law of Property

FOUNDATIONS OF SOUTH AFRICAN LAW

Practical Exercise – MOOTING

First Section: Roman law of property

OBJECTIVE

This activity aims to develop key skills for legal practice amongst the first year students, whilst opening a space for an intellectually stimulating extra-curricular environment by facilitating the active involvement and serious engagement from the students to the legal studies, starting at the early stages of their careers.



Also, this exercise can be a vehicle for promoting an investigative attitude; a tool for social integration, communication and peer support by revising important notions originated in the Roman Law that will be useful the subjects of Law of Property and Contract in the South African Legal Context.

The introduction to argumentation, speech, and case analysis will be encouraged in a friendly atmosphere will support an individual assessment of strengths and weaknesses in the skills and concepts put to test.

MOOT SCHEDULE

- 27TH of August 2010:

a. Moot Demonstration: Advocates from the Johannesburg bar FNB102, 9AM

b. Moot Manual Handout: FNB 102, 9AM

- 1st of September: Electronic handout of Moot principles, Samples of Heads of Arguments and initial assignment of cases. (Moodle, e.mail to participants, www.bonietaequiars.blogspot.com)

- 10th of September: Physical handout of cases. Moot practice. CM4, 10.15 AM

- 17th of September: Moot Competition. The 20 teams will be divided in two groups of seven and one of six. They shall present their cases simultaneously in adjacent venues. NCB 144, 149 and 150 from 2PM to 5PM.

Prize giving will take place half an hour after the interventions upon deliberation of the 9 judges, time during which the participants and guests are invited for refreshments in the main hall of the building.

MOOT STRUCTURE

- Each team will receive a case and the party they will be representing. They have 4 minutes to present their arguments in the form of actio-replicatio-duplicatio. Thus, a case must be presented and argued completely in 12 minutes. This will allow 84 minutes of presentations, 20 minutes of judges’ deliberations, and 15 minutes of Prize giving.

- Each venue shall have at least three judges from the Law School and/or the legal practice. The configuration of the juries is still to be confirmed.

- Prizes shall be sponsored by a recognized practice of law, to be confirmed.

- Each venue shall have a volunteer time keeper, ideally from the group of tutors of the subject.

- All participants shall be provided with detailed feedback on their performance. This will be delivered electronically to their registered e.mail addresses by the activity coordinator.

- Photographs shall be taken by a Law School senior student who has kindly volunteered to contribute to this event with his participation.

- The law school will be asked to support this activity by authorizing the stationary and catering requisition.

TEAMS

The students participating in the teams presented in the following table were involved voluntarily in this activity; most of them created their own teams, and have shown interest in the subject, as well as in the activity as such.


 Team members
1. Marie Claire Willys
 Marc Roper
3. Mancha D. Mongwai
4. Ahyung Song
5. Sbusiso Phunguwa
6. Noscielo Matumbu
7. Domenick Kumalo
8. Mash Nokwelo
9. Duduzile Tshabalala
10. Kagiso Mahlangu
11. Mandy Dikotla
12. Reason Maredi
13. Shmuel Moch
14. David Wainstein
15. Sinenhlanhla Xulu
16. Catherine Mokgehle
17. Vumbhoni Mathonsi
18. Mpho Matsitse
19. Njabulo Binda
20. Amantle Makwela
21. Naaílah Abader
22. Thandiwe Mchuny
23. Mapaseka Mello
24. Samaria Mahlangu
25. Leila Ismail
26. Carien Erasmus
27. Kholeka Quinga
28. Sylvia Maila
 29. Michael Wellbeloved
30. Robert Freeman
31. Brenda Cassell
32. Jonathan Lievaart
33. Lungelho Mbatha
34. Ayanda Lubisi
35. Nontsikelelo Dube
36. Anzia Jacobs
37. Kgolodelo Makhuthudisa
38. Thabo Ruth Phiri
39. Lauren Smith