A team from the Faculty of Law, UWI Cave Hill campus cupped the fourth Annual Caribbean Court Justice International Moot Court Competition Challenge Trophy which took place on March 23 at the Caribbean Court of Justice in Trinidad.

Six teams of students representing law schools and law faculties in the Caribbean participated in this year’s competition where they advanced arguments before a panel of CCJ judges and the Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Environmental Commission.

They were last year’s winners Eugene Dupuch Law School in the Bahamas, Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad, Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica, the Law Faculty of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, the Law Faculty of the University of Guyana and the Law Faculty of the University of Technology of Jamaica.

This year’s moot case dealt with the imposition of the Common External Tariff, together with other issues involving environmental law and international law.

The Cave Hill team was the first university to ever win the competition, not only competing against students from the other faculties in the region but also the three Caribbean law schools whose students are enrolled in a developed advocacy programme. The team comprised Donia Fuller, Rashad Brathwaite and Tanya Alexis-Prime with team Advisor Westmin James.

The Cave Hill team also was the first recipient of the prize for the Best Academic Institution. Fuller was also given special commendation by the judges for her oral advocacy skills.

The Cave Hill team was sponsored by Barbadian law firm, Elliott D. Mottley & Co. who intervened after the attendance of the team was jeopardized by the financial constraints of the faculty which could not afford to send them to the competition in Trinidad. The members of the firm, including founding partner Elliott D. Mottley Q. C. who recently celebrated 50 years at the Bar, also assisted in the team’s preparation for the most.

The Norman Manley Law School placed second and Eugene Dupuch Law School third. Deniece Alleyne from Norman Manley Law School was awarded a special prize for her submission on the environmental issues.

Adapted from Barbados Today.