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U of T Wins the 2011 Cassels Brock Cup

Published: 03/30/2011

University of Toronto Faculty of Law prevailed over Osgoode Hall Law School at the fourth annual Cassels Brock Cup held on March 26, 2011 at the Court of Appeal, Osgoode Hall.

Twenty first-year students from each school argued an appeal of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R. v. Morelli before a distinguished panels of judges consisting of justices from the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice, as well as experienced criminal and civil counsel.  The decision of R. v. Morelli considered whether the search and seizure of the accused’s personal computer infringed his rights under section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and if so, whether the evidence obtained as a result of the illegal search should be excluded under section 24(2) of the Charter.

U of T reclaimed the trophy for receiving a higher cumulative score than its cross-town rival.  The Cassels Brock Cup has now alternated each of the past four years between the two schools.

While the event was characterized by outstanding oral advocacy by all of the mooters, individual honours were awarded to:

• Christine Wadsworth (University of Toronto) as the top oralist;
• Richard Lizius (University of Toronto) as the second place oralist;
• Sameer Nurmohamed (University of Toronto) as the third place oralist;
• Richard Chan and Mark Sheeley as the top appellant team among the Osgoode Hall teams;
• Chris Hunter and Jenn Aubrey as the top respondent team among the Osgoode Hall teams;
• Paul Davis and Meagan Jemmett as the top appellant team among the University of Toronto teams; and
• Jonathan Bright and Sameer Nurmohamed as the top respondent team among the University of Toronto teams.

The Cassels Brock Cup Organizing Committee (Timothy Pinos, Julianne Rawson, Jessica Zagar and Eric Mayzel) would like to thank all the participating judges, counsel, mooters, student coaches and timekeepers, as well as Cassels Brock’s articling students, Samantha Wu, Rashesh Mandani, Rishi Hargovan and Geoff Breen and the Cassels Brock marketing team (Sheena Bunbury and Beth Moores) for ensuring another successful Cassels Brock Cup.