New College wins Blackstone Chambers Postgraduate Mooting Championship 2021-2022

The Grand Final of the University of Oxford Blackstone Chambers Postgraduate Mooting Championship 2021-22 took place on Friday 25 February 2022 between the team from Wadham College and New College.  

The moot problem for this year’s Grand Final was drafted by Blackstone Chambers and involved an appeal to the Supreme Court, concerning judicial review of the conduct of elections through online voting. 

Cher-Yi Tan and Sean Sutherland (Wadham) appeared on behalf of the Appellant, and Dana McGibbon and Alex Chan (New) appeared on behalf of the Respondent. 

The Grand Final was judged by Tom Lowenthal and Madelaine Clifford. Having retired to consider the arguments made before them, the judges returned to pronounce a judgement on merits and then announced New College as the winners, commending all mooters on the quality of their submissions and advocacy. 

The winning team were awarded a prize of GBP 400 and the runner-up team were awarded a prize of GBP 200.