Maltese Judge participates in Commonwealth Law Conference in Canada
PR1325
29/08/1996
| The Hon. Mr. Justice Carmel Agius, currently attending the 11th | Commonwealth Law Conference being held in Vancouver, Canada, was chosen to judge the final of the Mooting competition together with the Chief Justice of England, the Rt. Hon. Lord Thomas Bingham and the Hon. Judge Claire L'Hereux-Dube, a senior judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. |
| The Mooting competition features law students form all regions of | the Commonwealth. Taking part in this year's Mooting Competition were law students form the United Kingdom, West Indies, Australia, India, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and South Africa. |
| In the final, the team from Australia was adjudicated the winner of | the competition narrowly beating the South African team. |
| Mr. Justice Agius also chaired a workshop on the "Independence | of the Judiciary" and was amongst the panelists in another workshop dealing with sentencing techniques. |
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