Composition

The Competition shall be open to not more than one delegation from each participating institution. 

Each delegation shall send one team of two students as mooters. Each participating institution may also opt to include one student as a researcher (the "Researcher") in its delegation.

Each delegation will represent either the Prosecutor or the Defendant. The roles of Prosecutor and Defendant will be allocated by means of a random draw conducted by the Advisory Board on or before 31st December 2008. Each delegation will be advised whether they represent the Prosecutor or the Defendant by means of e-mail on 5th January 2009.

Eligibility

Participating students shall be registered with the relevant participating institution as of 19th September 2008, either for a first degree in law, including Juris Doctor (JD), or for any postgraduate qualification in law below the level of a doctorate. A person is ineligible to participate in the Competition if, as of 19th September 2008, he or she: 

1. Is registered for a doctoral degree in law, excluding JD, at a participating institution or at any other institution;
2. Holds any doctoral degree in law, regardless of the institution that conferred such doctorate;
3. Holds or has held a full time or part time teaching post in law at any tertiary institution; or
4. Has been admitted or licensed to practice law in any jurisdiction.

 
Participating students need not be nationals of, or normally resident in, the country in which their participating institution is located.
 
A person is ineligible to participate in the Competition if he or she has already participated twice in previous years, regardless of acting as mooter or researcher. One should make declaration in registration to the Competition, with verification by the respective delegations' team coaches or contact persons under Rule 8, whoever with the authority delegated by the participating institutions. False declaration would be subject to disqualification of the entire delegation in concerned.

Registration

Each participating institution must notify the Secretary via e-mail (to ihl@redcross.org.hk) by 19th December 2008 of:

1. The names of the two students and the researcher, if any, in its delegation;
2. The law degree or programme in which each student and the researcher, if any, in its delegation is enrolled (e.g. LL.B.);
3. The number of times the students have participated in the Competition before;
4. The team coach, if any, who should be a law teacher, a legal practitioner, or a Red Cross legal officer, to accompany the delegation to Hong Kong; and
5. The name, address, e-mail address, fax number and telephone number of a contact person, who should not be in a student status, as delegated by the participating institution.

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Team Coach

Each delegation may be accompanied by a team coach to Hong Kong pursuant to Rule 8. The team coach of individual delegation, if any, should be responsible to confirm the declaration made by its participating students as mentioned under Rule 7.

To expand the participation of individual delegations with sharing of their expertise, team coaches may be invited to participate as judges of general rounds of the Competition. Team coaches are invited to provide a brief curriculum vitae detailing their academic attainments for the consideration and approval by the Advisory Board.

The Secretary of the Competition's Organizing Committee will notify individual delegations' team coaches about the approval results of the Advisory Board by the mid of February 2009. 

Contact Person

Each contact person for a participating institution will be sent:

1. The individual moot number assigned to each of its team;
2. Information relating to accommodation and transport in Hong Kong; and
3. Any other relevant organizational material.

 
The contact person for each participating institution is responsible for:

1. Distributing the information and material as mentioned in Rule 9 to each member of its delegation;
2. Conveying enquiries or other correspondence for that delegation to the Secretary;
3. Confirming the declaration of participating students in absence of team coach of the delegation pursuant to Rule 7; and
4. Distributing memorials of opposing teams to be met in general rounds as mentioned in Rule 34 to each member of its delegation.

 
Communication between each delegation and the Secretary or Advisory Board through any person other than the relevant contact person for that delegation is at the risk of that delegation and its team.

Substitute members

A delegation will normally not be permitted to make any substitution of its members after they have been registered under Rule 7.

In exceptional circumstances and with the express prior approval of the Secretary, a delegation may for the oral hearings substitute a student registered as a member of its Prosecutor or Defendant teams with the student registered as its Researcher. Any other substitution of registered members of a delegation shall be permitted only in extraordinary circumstances and with the express prior approval of the Secretary. 

The eligibility of substitute members will be the same as other participating students pursuant to Rule 5.