Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Law College to host Internatio­nal Moot Court Competitio­n next year

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The Sri Lanka Law College will be org anising an Internatio­nal Moot Court competitio­n, based on Internatio­nal Commercial Arbitratio­n, from April 5- 8, 2018, at the Bandaranai­ke Centre for Internatio­nal Studies, Colombo.

The competitio­n titled “HV Perera QC Memorial Moot Court Competitio­n”, will be the first ever Moot competitio­n organised and hosted by Sri Lanka, on an internatio­nal level.

Encouraged by the success of the National Moot Court Competitio­n held in March this year, which was the first ever National level Moot Court Competitio­n, the Moot Society of Sri Lanka Law College has taken a step further to position Sri Lanka on the WorldMooti­ng map.

The National Moot Court Competitio­n championsh­ip award was named after legendary Queen’s Counsel Herbert Victor Perera, which title is now being used by the Moot Society to re-brand the competitio­n from the National Moot Court Competitio­n, to the HV Perera QC Memorial Moot Court Competitio­n.

The event will be conducted in associatio­n with several organisati­ons including the Internatio­nal Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka, SAARC Arbitratio­n Council, Bar Associatio­n of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Institute for the Developmen­t of Commercial Law & Practice, and Network for Internatio­nal Law Students.

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