NLIU team wins Fletcher International Insolvency Law Moot Court
   Date :04-Apr-2019

 
Staff Reporter,
 
Team of students from National Law Institute University (NLIU) won the world finals of prestigious Fletcher International Insolvency Law Moot Court competition held in Singapore from March 29 to 31. Team of the winners from NLIU included Aishwarya Srivastava (Fifth Year), Udyan Arya (Fifth Year), Christina Shaju (Fifth Year) and Kuhoo Mishra (Third Year).
 
Teams from across the world participated in this competition. The NLIU team beat teams from National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University (SMU), Leiden University, Netherlands, University of British Columbia, Canada, and Queensland University of Technology, Australia, among many others. The moot problem was based on the Uncitral Model Law on Cross Border Insolvency and saw many leading practitioners and learned academicians from across the world judging the various rounds of the moot.
 
The exam qualified for the world finals through a memo round. In Singapore, there were 3 preliminary rounds followed by quarter finals, semi finals and finals. The moot final was a fantastic display of appellate advocacy before eminent international judges Justice Steven Chong, Judge of Appeal, Singapore, Chief Justice Cecilia Morris, Southern District of New York, USA, and The Honourable Justice (retd) Arjan Kumar Sikri, Supreme Court, India. NLIU student Kuhoo Mishra was also adjudged as the Best Mooter in the final rounds, and she has been selected to observe Uncitral proceedings in New York/Vienna, which is a great honour for any student. The moot is organised by INSOL International, the leading professional body of insolvency practitioners, in collaboration with UNCITRAL and International Insolvency Institute. It is also supported by University of Queensland, Australia.This is the first time for any Indian team to have won this Moot, which is the most prestigious competition in insolvency law globally.