Bell Gully Mooting is the longest-running New Zealand Law Students' Association

New Zealand Law Students' Association

The New Zealand Law Students' Association / Te Roopu Tauira Ture o Aotearoa is the overarching representative body for law students in New Zealand...

 moot court

Moot court

A moot court is an extracurricular activity at many law schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. The term derives from Anglo Saxon times, when a moot was a gathering of prominent men in a...

 competition has been sponsored for many years by Bell Gully.

The regional rounds of the mooting competition are slightly different at each university, with various levels of faculty involvement depending on the law school. Most law schools have a long-standing trophy for the winners of their individual competition, such as the Auckland University Stout Shield (named after Sir Robert Stout) and Victoria University of Wellington's Sir Richard Wild Cup.

The national finals of the mooting competition are held at the NZLSA national conference each year. The winning University from the national finals represents New Zealand at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, also known as the Jessup, is the largest and most prestigious moot competition in the world, attracting participants from over 500 law schools in more than 100 countries in recent years. The competition is a simulation of a fictional...

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National Mooting Competition Winners

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Year	University	Name	Name
1950	Otago	C I Patterson	T M Johnston
1951	Canterbury	W F Brown	G S Brockett
1952		G H Gould	K C James
1953	Victoria	F L Curtin	W N Sheat
1954	Otago	C C Fraser	G T O'Sullivan
1954	Victoria	J C Corry	P J McKinlay
1955	Auckland	P B Temm	B H Clark
1956	Victoria	R M Russell	R M Jansen
1957	Victoria	E W Thomas	Q McL Smith
1958	Auckland	P L Martelli	S Shera
1959	Victoria	R A Herron	W D Dent
1960 (tie)	Canterbury	A E Barcham	D Hicks
1960 (tie)	Victoria	J J Watts	N J Jaine
1961	Victoria	T M Gault Thomas Gault Sir Thomas Munro Gault, KNZM, QC, PC was a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and is a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom as well as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong....	H L Crawford
1962	Auckland	H C Keyte	W D Baragwanath David Baragwanath Sir William "David" Baragwanath, KNZM, QC , is a retired New Zealand judge. He was appointed to the High Court of New Zealand bench in 1995 and the New Zealand Court of Appeal in 2007, stepping down from the bench in July 2010....
1963	Otago	W D S Armitage	P M Galt
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1965	Canterbury	A P C Tipping	M J Cashmere
1966	Canterbury	M R Henderson	J G Rowan
1967	Otago	D J Moore	J H R Eagles
1968	Auckland	R T Gardiner	B P Keene
1969	Canterbury	J P Johnstone	A M Shae
1970	Canterbury	N R W Davidson	J G Matthews
1971	Canterbury	T M Abbott	J G Matthews
1972	Canterbury	W G G A Young	G H Nation
1973	Victoria	J V B McLinden	G W Calver
1974	Auckland	P B Weir	M A Woolford
1975	Auckland	M A Woolford	M P Crew
1976	Auckland	M A Woolford	J K MacRae
1977	Victoria	J C G William	C S Chapman
1978	Victoria	C S Chapman	P McHugh Paul McHugh Paul McHugh is a New Zealand academic lawyer. He teaches at the University of Cambridge where he is a Reader in Law and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College.-Education:...
1979	Victoria	I Mataitoga	S Kos
1980	Canterbury	T R Dawson	B W Kingsbury
1981	Auckland	D J Kidd	D P H Jones
1982	Canterbury	G R Norman	F M C Stenhouse
1983	Victoria	W P L Lawes	J R Allen
1984	Victoria	T L Sheat	P G Foley
1985	Auckland	E Andersen	J S Creech
1986	Victoria	M R Gillespie	A P Stockley
1987	Victoria	Elisabeth McDonald	F M R Cooke
1988	Victoria	B M Cheney	B W Meech
1989	Auckland	A P Simister	P A Key
1990	Auckland	B V Macdonald	I M Narev
1991	Auckland	J C L Dixon	C T Walker
1992	Otago	J D Palmer	A J Riddell
1993	Otago	A J Horne	M D Downs
1994	Victoria	C E Callaghan	J M Peterson
1995	Victoria	F Shepherd	J D Palmer
1996	Otago	M E J B Williamson	Leo Watson
1997	Canterbury	R C Dalziel	Q V Trinh
1998	Auckland	V A Pearson	N A Cervin
1999	Canterbury	A Mace	N F Flanagan
2000	Victoria	K C Francis	P R McRae
2001	Otago	C J Curran	H G G Forsyth
2002	Canterbury	J V Ormsley	M T Bradley
2003	Otago	J P Clyne	S D J Peart
2004	Auckland	J Q Wilson	I Hikaka
2005	Canterbury	J S Shaerf	J W Wall
2006	Canterbury	C F Fife	J Wall
2007	Auckland	J W H Little	A A Crowe
2008	Auckland	S E Trafford	H W Y Yiu
2009	Auckland	D T Horton	B R Prewett
2010	Auckland	M Harris	M Cooper
2011	Auckland	B Tompkins	M Beattie