Norman Manley Law School wins CCJ moot competition

The Norman Manley Law School has won the 10th Annual Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) International Law Moot Competition.

The team comprising debaters Samuel Bailey, Jovan Bowes and Luke Cook and adviser Tara Canegie, dominated seven other law faculties and schools.

It's the third time the Norman Manley Law school is winning the competition.

The University of the West Indies (Mona) won the prize for the ‘Best Academic Institution'.

The law moot was heard by three judges: Justice Jacob Wit and Justice David Hayton of the CCJ and guest judge Dr Heidi Jiménez, the legal counsel of the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation.

The annual moot competition helps to familiarise law students with the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and the workings of the CCJ’s original jurisdiction, as well as to provide lawyers in training with an opportunity to hone their talents and to familiarise them with courtroom settings.

This year’s mooters debated a hypothetical situation where a CARICOM state imposed a tax on imported sugar-sweetened beverages and a ban on advertisement of such beverages on television and radio.

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