College Moot

Each year, four first-year Law students take part in the College moot.

This year, the moot was a criminal law problem on the partial defence of diminished responsibility. On the appellants team were Rhydian Waters (Senior Counsel) and Samyuktha Kovilakath (Junior Counsel), and on the respondents team were Findlay Ayers (Senior Counsel) and Yogansh Phadke (Junior Counsel). The respondents were the winning team. Rhydian was selected as the best speaker, and Findlay was chosen for the best written submissions.

The moot was organised by our Law Society Fellow, Aniruch Belle, and President and Mooting Officer of the Wadham College Law Society Student Committee, Owen Watson and Sherrie Lau.

Our alumnus and Honorary Fellow, President of the Wadham College Law Society and a distinguished former judge, Sir Tim Holroyde, kindly agreed to judge this year’s moot at the College.