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School competition at Leicester Crown Court Sat Jan 31 2015
The 3rd Leicestershire Schools’ Court Competition took place at Leicester Crown Court on Saturday 31st January 2015. The event is organised by the Leicestershire Law Society and The Midland Bar Circuit. Twelve state schools from the county participated in teams of 13, 2 advocates, 2 witnesses, a court official, a witness care officer, a press reporter and 6 jurors. Barristers and Solicitors acted as mentors to the schools in advance of the competition. They enacted a crown court trial in front of real crown court judges including Leicester Crown Court’s resident Judge Nick Dean QC. At the end of the day trophies were presented to the following winners: Best juror sponsored by The Grand Hotel Abby Kelwin from Market Bosworth School Best Court Official sponsored by Bray & Bray Shivangi Valland from Rushey Mead School Best witness care officer sponsored by No1 High Pavement Chambers Phoebe Raleigh from Sir Jonathan North School Best witness sponsored by ZMS Solicitors Kaitlin Moud from John Ferneley College Best press reporter sponsored by The Mercury Erin Lisser from St Pauls Catholic School Exceptional Ability sponsored By Emery Johnson Astills Feduna Abdi from Rushey Mead School Best Advocate sponsored by Weightmans LLP Isabella Guzy-Kirkden from Sir Jonathan North School Best School Bronze sponsored by No1 High Pavement chambers St. Paul’s Catholic school Best school Silver sponsored by Cummins Solicitors John Ferneley College Best School GOLD sponsored by 36 Bedford Row chambers Sir Jonathan North School
www.leicestershirelawsociety.org.uk
The sponsorship of the event enabled us to donate £500 to local charity Warning Zone which educates young people about the risks associated with criminal and anti-social behaviour in an engaging and interactive way and which is about to open a new zone concentrating on the internet/social media and the associated risks.