Wednesday (final rounds)

The team has been qualified !!! It was decided that Camille and Basile were going to represent KCL for the further stage(s?) .








Round of 32: Southern Denmark v. KCL

Mr. Chair

The audience.

Claimant: the University of Southern Denmark.

Respondent: Camille and Basile listening to the claimant's submissions.

The tribunal.


The KCL team was very impressed by the Team from Denmark, almost if not perfect regarding the way thay submitted their claim... thus the team was quite afraid ...

The Team made it !!!

Thank you Camille, apparently the substance on the CISG part allowed the team to go to the next stage ...

Round of 16: KCL v Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

Camille and Basile ready to moot for the second time of the day.

Claimant : Camille and Basile

Respondent: Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

Mr. Chair : Professor Mistellis

The tribunal.


The KCL team really enjoyed mooting against the team of Mexico ... its members and coaches were eceptionnaly nice and fairplay people ...
However, the KCL team was still very happy to learn that Basile and Camille made it to the round of 8 !!! After a coin was tossed, the KCL team was again to be Claimant

Round of 8 : KCL v. Ateneo de Manila University

Claimant : Basile and Camille.




Again the KCL team fancied mooting against such a nice team ... And again the KCL team fancied learning it was selected for the 1/4 final !!!!

Camille reading her submission after having enjoyed a well deserved weizenbier.

1/4 final : University of São Paulo v. KCL
the room was full ... people had to stand or to leave the room ...

And ... the KCL team learned it made it throug the SEMI-FINAL !!!! It was to be respondent against the team of Wellington, the day after at 9am ...

Thank you Basile, as we were told after the session, you were: "brilliant" ...

Vienna Tuesday 7th April 2009 (IV Bis)

Done ... Four sessions ... four pleaders... four opponent teams... four days ...








The KCL team and their red KCL folders finally resting ...

After a short break, mostly spent at unsuccessfully finding a suitable place to drink, the KCL team went to the Austria center, next to the Danube, where the announcement of the 64 lucky teams were going to take place.

The Autria Center.

The fully craked room and its audience waiting for the announcement ...

Professor Bergsten, after having tried to entertain the audience, was finaly ready to announce the 64 teams which will go to the final rounds...
32 teams were first announced and had to moot at 8pm the same day. Unfortunately, the KCL team was not amongst them...
However the KCL team was next called and was made aware it had to moot the next day against the team of the university of Southern Denmark !!!

In addition, and to our great pleasure, many of the teams we have met and/or mooted against were also selected: Versailles Bar School, Paris I, Paris II, Wellington, Madrid, LSE, Erlangen ...

Toni Marzal, one of the coaches of Paris 1, very happy at the success of his team.

Vienna Tuesday 7th April 2009 (IV)

On Tuesday 7th April, for its fourth and last session of the general rounds, the KCL team responded to the team of the University of Warsaw.






Because it was the last stage before the announcement of the finalists, the pleaders were a bit stressed ...






... fortunately, they could count on the support of the rest of the team.







Basile and Katherine ready to moot.

The audience.
Mme Chair.

Claimant : The team from the University of Warsaw.

The tribunal listening to the Warsaw Team.

Respondent: Basile and Katherine.

The tribunal listening to the KCL team.

Vienna Monday 6th April 2009 (III)

On Monday the 6th April, for its third pleading, the KCL team mooted against the Belgrade team. The KCL team was represented by Bram and Camille.






Mr. Chair.

Claimant : Bram and Camille

The tribunal listening to the KCL submissions

Respondent : the team from Belgrade University

The tribunal listening to the Belgrade submissions.


After having mooted against such a good team and after having answered to many difficult questions, the two KCL pleaders went for a well deserved rest in the café central of Vienna

Camille and Bram after having enjoyed a couple of Weizenbiers ...

Peter Altenberg, the most famous "Stammgast" of Café Central ...

... with Bram ...














... And with Camille.

Vienna Saturday 4th April 2009

On Saturday 4th April, The KCL Team was claimant against the team of the University of Latvia. The team was represented by Basile and Katherine.





Claimant: Basile and Katherine.

Respondent: Natalija and Sandra.




Then the team went to the Café Central in order to celebrate its first arguement.

Vienna Sunday 5th April 2009

On Sunday, for its second argument, the KCL Team responded to the team of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. The KCL team was represented by Bram and Camille.





Mr Chair.


Claimant : Helena and Falco


Respondent: Camille and Bram

The Tribunal:

... and the audience.






After the pleadings, The KCL team had lunch at the Café Landtmann .










An elegant and famous place where to relish Tafelspitz ...










... Beef Gulasch ...












... and the well-known Sachertorte.