The Mock Court Case Project
Eight of our S5/6 pupils (Rosa Ferry, Easham Manzar, Aoife McLaughlin, Zaynah Sarguroh, Leah Sinforiani, Skye Stander, Maria Taylor and Liam McBride) have participated in this year’s Mock Court Case Project, a scheme that gives pupils with an interest in law the opportunity to participate in a court case where they compete against other schools in front of a real Sheriff at a real court. The case surrounds a personal injury action and a possible claim for injuries and loss of earnings. The pupils have to work through case paperwork to ascertain the relevant facts and consider the law applicable.
This has been an extremely demanding project in that pupils have been expected to not only attend weekly tutorial sessions and the trials over an eight week period, but also to carry out a great deal of work out with these times and to submit documents timeously.
Tuesday night was the Glasgow intermediary trials which took place at Glasgow High Court and, after a gripping hour in court, the defenders (Skye, Leah, Maria and Aoife) secured a place in the semi-finals which will take place next week at the City Chambers. Our pursuers anxiously await the result of their trial. We wish both teams the best of luck!
