Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot

The Melbourne University Law Students’ Society (‘MULSS’) in conjunction with the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (‘AACL’) was pleased to host the 2024 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot (‘Gibbs Moot’). The Gibbs Moot is proudly sponsored by the Australian Government Solicitor (‘AGS’).

2024 Results

The 2024 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot was held from Friday, 4 October 2024 to Monday, 7 October 2024. The high calibre moot brought together Australia’s best constitutional law mooters to compete in Melbourne.

Congratulations to the University of Technology Sydney team (Grace Strik, Gina Tran, and Ryan Little) on winning the Grand Final of the 2024 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot! The runners-up were the Australian National University team (Dimitrios Bezos, E Wen Wong, and Alex Bako).

A special congratulations must also go to Ryan Little (UTS) for being awarded Best Speaker in the Grand Final, to Max Douglass (University of Melbourne) for being awarded Best Speaker in the Preliminary Rounds, and to the University of Sydney Team (Peter Taurian, Timothy Collins, and Yijun Cui) for being awarded both Best Written Plaintiff Memorandum and Best Written Defendant Memorandum!

Thank you to the Hon. Justice Stephen McLeish, the Hon. Justice Rowena Orr, and the Hon. Michael Black AC KC for adjudicating this year’s Grand Final, and to the Australian Government Solicitor for once again sponsoring the Gibbs Moot.

Melbourne Law School was represented by Max Douglass, Fiona Xia, and James Cafferky. Thank you to Minh-Quan Nguyen for coaching the team!

2023 Results

Congratulations to the University of Melbourne team (Felix Geake-Ransome, Jack Fagan, and Eleanor Twomey) on winning the Grand Final of the 2023 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot!

The runners-up were the University of Western Australia team (Yi-Yun Loei, Tiffany Chisholm Gardner, and Melanie Fraser).

A special congratulations must also go to Jack Fagan for being awarded Best Speaker for the Grand Final and Tiffany Chisholm Gardner for being awarded Best Speaker in the Preliminary Rounds.

Thank you to the Hon. Justice Mark Moshinsky, the Hon. Pamela Tate AM KC, and the Hon. Susan Kenny AM for adjudicating this year’s Grand Final, and to the Australian Government Solicitor for once again sponsoring the Gibbs Moot.

(L to R: Yi-Yun Loei, Tiffany Chisholm Gardner, Melanie Fraser, the Hon. Justice Mark Moshinsky, the Hon. Susan Kenny AM, the Hon. Pamela Tate AM KC, Jack Fagan, Felix Geake-Ransome, and Eleanor Twomey)

2022 Results

Congratulations to the University of Melbourne team (Danielle Feng, Cavan Fairall and Deylan Kilic-Aidani) on winning the Grand Final of the 2022 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot!

A special congratulations must also go to Danielle Feng for being awarded Best Speaker for the Grand Final.

Thank you to Justices Simon Steward, Kristen Walker and Michael Black for adjudicating this year’s Grand Final, and to the Australian Government Solicitor for once again sponsoring the Moot.

2021 Results

Winners – James Gunn, Annie Jiang and Kevin Sebastian (University of Melbourne) and Madeleine McGregor, Thomas Dunbabin and Benjamin Durkin (Australian National University)

Congratulations to James Gunn, Annie Jiang and Kevin Sebastian (University of Melbourne), Madeleine McGregor, Thomas Dunbabin and Benjamin Durkin (Australian National University) on Winning the Grand Final of the 2021 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot in an unprecedented draw!

Thank you to our Co-opts Kim Borchard and Leonardo Monichino thank you to all participants.

A recording of the Grand Final may be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18jTsrw7chvJ7ZfKToIS0r9G2iRDvODs0/view?usp=sharing

We would like to extend our appreciation to our fantastic judges for the Moot:
• Hon Justice Stephen Gageler QC AC
• Hon Mark Moshinsky QC
• Hon Melissa Perry
• Hon Pamela Tate
• Hon Justice Wheelahan
• Hon Michael Black QC AC FAAL
• Hon Justice Karin Emerton
• Hon Justice Kristen Walker
• Hon Ron Merkel QC
• Christopher Horan QC
• Lisa De Ferrari QC
• Perry Herzfeld QC
• Geoffrey Kennett SC
• Alistair Pound QC
• Robert Orr QC
• Counsel Jancis Cunliffe
• Counsel Madelene Wonders
• Frances Gordon
• Alexander Di Stefano
• Dimitri Ternovski
• Emyrs Nekvapil
• Jim Hartley
• Joel Tito
• Nicholas Baum
• Glyn Aryes
• Nicolas Dour
• Charles Parkinson
• Brendan Lim
• Jilliam Williams
• Thomas Wood
• Nick Boyd-Caine
• James McComish
• Simon Thornton
• Counsel Yvonne Whittaker-Rush
• Dr Laura Hilly
• Julian Murphy
• Simon Frauenfelder
• Daniel Bongiorno
• Minh-Quan Nguyen
• Shawn Rajanayagam
• Jack Maxwell
• Elizabeth Brumby