General Rounds

38. The Advisory Board will determine which Prosecutor and Defendant teams will meet each other in the general rounds of the Competition by means of a random draw conducted on or before 12th February 2010. No team shall compete against the same team twice in the general rounds.
39. After the draw has been conducted, the Secretary shall forward each team’s memorial to the judges who will adjudicate that team’s oral hearings in the general rounds of the Competition.
40. The Secretary will distribute to the respective contact persons by email copies of memorials of individual delegations’ opposing teams, pursuant to Rule 14, seven days before the general rounds, i.e. on 26th February 2010 at around 11:00 – 12:00 (HK time).  Hard copies of the same memorials will also be available at request at the Briefing Session as mentioned in Rule 85.
41. Any team that is unable to receive the memorials of its opposing teams should check with their respective contact person first, while the contact person should notify the Secretary via email (ihl@redcross.org.hk), fax (at 852-2802-7359) or telephone (at 852-2802-0021) for being unable to receive memorials in a reasonable time after the distribution time as mentioned in Rule 40 to arrange an alternative method of distribution.

Semi-Final Round

42. The Advisory Board will determine which Prosecutor and Defendant teams will meet each other in the semi-final round of the Competition on the evening of 5th  March 2010 after results of the general rounds have been available. No team shall compete against the same team already met in the general rounds as far as possible. Otherwise, the pairing of opposing teams will be determined by means of a random draw. 
43. The Secretary will then announce the pairing result for semi-final round to the eligible teams, and will make available a copy of each team’s memorial to its opposing team.