General Rounds

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 2009. No team shall compete against the same team twice in the general rounds.

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.

The Secretary will distribute to the respective contact persons by e-mail copies of memorials of individual delegations' opposing teams, pursuant to Rule 13, three days before the general rounds, i.e. on 3rd March 2009 at around 11:00 – 12:00 (HK time). Hard copies of the same memorials will also be available at request at the Briefing Session held on 6th March 2009 as mentioned in Rule 80.

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 e-mail (to 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 38.

Semi-Final Round

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 6th March 2009 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.

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.