University of Otago law students Michael Blaschke and Sarah
Baillie have won a recent annual New Zealand Law Foundation
National Family Law Moot, adding to a stellar competitive
year for Otago law students.
The Otago students competed against student teams from
Auckland, Canterbury and Waikato universities in the moot,
which was judged by senior family law practitioners Anita
Chan and Rachel Cardoza.
The mooters were asked to advocate for parties embroiled in a
Hague Convention case, involving a French-born Muslim child
living in New Zealand.
The case involved her right to wear the hijab, a headscarf
which covers the hair and often much of the face.
Otago law students have enjoyed considerable success in
several other national or international law student
competitions earlier this year, including gaining the best
overall result by any university this year in annual law
student competitions in Australia.
- john.gibb@odt.co.nz
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