Spend Long Hours on Facebook? Claim You Can’t Work and You’re On the Hook!

A British Columbia Court agreed that a plaintiff’s late night computer usage on Facebook was relevant to his claim that he was unable to work. The Court ordered production of his computer hard drive to determine the period of the time he spent on Facebook between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
In Bishop v. Minichiello, [2009] [...]

Links to 2009 Willem C. Vis Moot Blogs/Photos

I am compiling a list of links to blogs and photographs of the 2009 Willem C. Vis Moot, below:

Tomamico’s Photostream on Flickr – A beautiful and extensive collection of Vienna/moot photographs.
Victoria University of Wellingon (VUW) Moot Blog – A blog by the winning (2009) moot team
Moot Court Bench – A blog by the Murdoch Law [...]

2009 Vis Moot Results – And the winner is…

Victoria University of Wellington, NZ (“VUW”). Way to go Kiwis! The 2009 VUW team is pictured below.

Second place goes to University of Pune, India.
The University of Ottawa received honourable mentions for “Best Claimant’s Memorandum” and “Best Oralist” (Brendon Green).
The VUW moot team has posted a blog in which they will be chronicling their Vienna experience.

2009 Vis Moot Update

The University of Ottawa did extremely well and is tied for 5th place, making it to the quarter finals where, after a very close round of argument, the round was taken by Griffith University, Australia. Final results to follow shortly.

Willem C. Vis Moot: Day 4 in Pictures

Canadian teams have done well this year – Osgoode Hall Law School, McGill Law School and the University of Ottawa are ranked among the top 32 teams at the moot and are proceeding to elimination rounds tomorrow.  I presume that at this very moment, they are studiously preparing for tomorrow’s rounds. The arbitrators, however, are free [...]

Willem C. Vis Moot: Day 3 in Pictures

On my morning walk to the Juridicum

Willem C. Vis Moot: Day 2 In Pictures

Rooftop View of Vienna from the Juridicum

Early morning arbitration at the DLA Piper Law Office

Moot Time in Vienna: Day 1 in Pictures

The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is an annual international moot court competition held in Vienna, Austria. The object of the Vis Arbitral Moot is to foster study in the areas of international commercial and arbitration laws and encourage the resolution of business disputes by arbitration. The problem for the moot is always [...]