THE AIFC COURT AND IAC MOOT 2020

Students from Ural University, Russia, won the Third Annual AIFC Court and IAC Moot Final 2020. KIMEP University, Kazakhstan, placed second in the competition.

A “Winners Cup” was presented to Ural University and all of the finalist students were awarded the opportunity to undertake a competitive internship at the AIFC Court and IAC in 2021.

The AIFC Court and IAC Moot competition was first held in 2018, the first year of their operation.  In 2019 the second annual Moot competition was held for the first time in the world class AIFC Court hearing room at the EXPO-2017 site in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.  This year, 2020, given the COVID-19 pandemic, the third AIFC Court and IAC Moot competition was held ONLINE using the same video technology that is used for real AIFC Court and IAC case hearings.  Six student teams participated in the 2020 competition, including from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Azerbaijan.  The competition was expanded this year to include teams from outside Kazakhstan from the wider CIS region. The judges in the 2020 Final were Justice Sir Robin Jacob, Justice Sir Stephen Richards, and Justice Sir Jack Beatson, from the AIFC Court.  The Final 2020 Opening Address was given by The Rt. Hon The Lord Mance, Chief Justice of the AIFC Court.

Recordings of the final round are available below:

Part 1: An introduction

Part 2: The hearing

Part 3: Judgement 

Part 4: Announcement of the winners