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1、6Tips(ActuallyMore)onDraftingMootMemorialsandMootCourtStrategiesOneofthefewnonlegalthingsthattakemeoutofCourtandchambersisjudgingMoots.Thoughitwasinour5yearLLBsyllabus,wenevergottomootintheUniversityCollegeofLaw(asitusedtobecalled).Weneverdevelopedtheskill
2、s.Apartfromdebates,whicharenotthesame,appearanceinCourtwasliterallyourfirstexposuretoarguingaslawyers.PerhapsIshouldbelabourthispoint.Debatesvs.MootsInacompetitivedebate,allthatyouareinterestedinistowinthebestteamandthebestspeakerawards,andtoimpresspeoplew
3、iththewayyouspeak.Ifthesideyouarespeakingforwins,wellandgood.Youaremarkedonyourspeakingstyle,poiseandpresentation,thecontent,andhowwellyouhaverebuttedtheadversary^contentions.Nooneisinterestedtoseeyourwrittennotes,assumingyoupreparedtheminthefirstplace.Off
4、i&ally,youarenotevensupposedtoacknowledgethejudgesonlytheChairman,theMembersoftheHouseandyourOpposition.PreparingforthereallifecutofCourtAmootis,however,awhollydifferentthing.Thisisusuallyaveryrewardingthoughfauxbattlegroundthatpreparesyouforthereallifecut
5、andthrustofCourt.TheskillsyouusearethesamethatyouneedinCourt:marshallingoffacts(fromtheMootProblem),identifyingthelawandthelegalprinciplesinvolved,researchintotheauthorities,draftingpleadingsandformulatingthepointsoflawandpreciselysettingouttheargumentsand
6、mostimportantly,answeringthegoogliesthatthejudgesthrowatyou.HowarethebestofthememorialswrittenIhavefoundthatthebestwrittenMemorialsarealsothemostorganizedandtheyarepreciseandusesimpleEnglish.TheyusuallyannextheMootProblembutthenrestatethefactsfromthepointo
7、fviewoftheSideforwhomtheMemorialisbeingpresented.Agoodindexisessenfialandapaginationthatisrunning(thatis,whichnumberspagesseriallyandconsecutivelyadoptingthesamestyle,withoutneedlesslyusingthreeorfourdifferentsystemssuchas1and2andagain(i)and(ii)whichcanbev
8、eryconfusingforthepoorJudge).AfterthefactshavebeenproperlypresentedtheMemorialsetsouttheprinciplesoflawinvolvedwhichincludethequestionstobedecidedandthepreliminarypoints/jurisdictionalissues.Thencometheargume
