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We have had a very busy start to the year with our series of weekly Employment Strategy Sessions, Sponsorships of Sussex v Brighton University Moot and Patcham High School Tigers Lair Final.
Back Row from l to r; Jack Isaacs & Danish Butt (Sussex Uni) Matilda Cram & Emma Barlow (
University of
Brighton)
Front row from l to r; James King-Smith, HR Judge Niblett, Jeremy Gold QC
Partner Richard Schaverien pictured with the winners from Brighton University Emma Barlow and Matilda Cram
The second inter university Mooting Competition between
Brighton
University and
Sussex
University. The contest offers final year law students the opportunity to practice their oral and written skills by applying them in a simulated courtroom setting in front of three Judges.
The Moot took place on at
Sussex
University, and saw a lecture room transformed into the House of Lords for the evening. Students who had performed best in their internal Mooting modules, went head to head to argue both sides of a fictitious criminal law suit. The Moot was chaired by His Honour Judge Niblett, Jeremy Gold QC and Head of Chambers at Crown Office Row James King-Smith with approximately one hundred invited guests who turned out to watch the competition.
Howlett Clarke sponsored the Moot and provided prizes for the students which were presented by Richard Schaverien, Partner at the law firm. The students from
Brighton
University were the winners with Matilda Cram and Emma Barlow receiving an engraved Silver Salver and book tokens worth £75 each as first prize, and as the runners up,
Sussex
University, James Jacobs and Danish Butt who were both commended by the Judges for their presentation, received book tokens worth £25 each.
The event was followed by a reception for all the invited guests organised by the firm.
His Honour Judge Niblett, said
“It was a real privilege to be present at this Moot alongside my fellow judges. The presentations were excellent and of the highest calibre and all the students displayed very real talent - choosing a winner was a difficult choice and
Brighton’s students just won by a narrow margin. Thanks also to Howlett Clarke as this competition wouldn’t have been possible without their sponsorship.”
Matilda Cram and Emma Barlow, who led the winning
Brighton team acting as Counsel for the Crown said
“
'It was an honour to be given the opportunity to represent the
University of
Brighton in the annual Brighton
v
Sussex moot. Although initially it was quite nerve-wracking, once we commenced with the delivery of our case, the whole experience was very enjoyable and exhilarating. When the Judges announced their unanimous decision we felt a great sense of achievement, being rewarded for all our preparation and demonstrating the skills and abilities of
Brighton law students. This experience provided us with the opportunity to gain an insight into the processes involved in the administration of the justice and has reinforced our ambitions to proceed with a career in law. We are very grateful for the prizes that
Howlett
Clarke provided and also for making the whole experience possible
.”
The winning team of Patcham School Tigers Lair
"Shelleys Bees" pictured with "Tiger Judges" from l to r
Mark Seltzer, Paul Bonett and Peter Reeve
Patcham Pupils enter the Tigers Lair!
Pupils from
Patcham
High School in
Brighton raised nearly £250 for various charities in the 2009 final of Tigers Lair. The competition successfully organised for the second year running by teacher
Andy Hulks, saw teams of 3 pupils from throughout the school putting their presentation and business skills together for a chance to win the first prize of an iPod shuffle each.
During previous rounds the original teams from throughout the school were gradually eliminated down to 5 finalists and were presenting their pitch in true nerve wracking style to the three Tiger Judges and in front of an audience including The Head Teacher, other members of teaching staff and some proud parents.
The 5 finalists were given a £10 loan by Mr Hulks and had to make as much money as they could by creating a business plan and scheme, working to ensure maximum profitability and viability as an authentic business model. Any monies made were donated to the charity of the team’s choice.
Using Powerpoint presentations, the teams presented their schemes to the Tigers, who were every bit as ruthless as the Dragons in Dragons Den. The schemes were scrutinised closely and the teams questioned about the proposals until one winner was chosen.
The Tigers judges,
Mark Seltzer from Howlett Clarke Solicitors, Paul Bonett from Bonett’s Estate Agents and Peter Reeve from Reeve Lettings, were delighted to be invited back for this series of Tigers Lair and used their experience to mark the following categories; Ideas/originality, Business plan, Success of business, Presentation and Evaluation. All listened with great attention to each team, and the final scores showed how close a competition it was with only 3 points separating the top three teams.
The teams ideas for raising money varied from clearing and tidying up for teachers after class, having a “Chilax” room for pupils to come out of the cold and drink hot chocolate during lunch, making plastic photo frames on behalf of a charity, organising various sports competitions and having a sports newsletter to promote their events.
The all girls team named “Shelleys Bees” were delighted to accept their prize iPods shuffles kindly donated by Peter Reeve. The Runners up each received £10 book tokens donated by Howlett Clarke and £5 book tokens went to all entrants as appreciation for the hard work that had been put in. The charities that benefited were The Martlets Hospice, Cancer Research, Demelza Hospice,
Great Ormond Street, NSPCC, Alzheimers Research.
Comic Relief
Howlett Clarke staff raised £63 for Comic Relief by staging a dress down
red nose day.
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