2009 Award Winners
Congratulations to the following award winners, and to all participants, of the first annual Harold G. Fox Moot. All participants demonstrated exceptional written and oral advocacy throughout the competition.
Shane Gonsalves and Adriana Morrison of the University of Western Ontario (Team 6R) were awarded the Harold G. Fox Cup for the best mooting team.
The Donald F. Sim Award for the best oral advocate was awarded to Adrian Howard, University of Ottawa (Team 1A).
The Gordon F. Henderson Award for the best factum writers was awarded to Matthew Paik and Tavengwa Runyowa, Univeristy of Ottawa (Team 1R).
2009 Panellists
The Honourable Marshall Rothstein, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
The Honourable J. Edgar Sexton, Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
The Honourable Karen Sharlow, Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
The Honourable Stephen Goudge, Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Honourable Kathryn Feldman, Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Honourable Robert Sharpe, Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Honourable Eleanore Cronk, Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Honourable Robert Blair, Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Honourable Allan Lutfy, Chief Justice of the Federal Court
The Honourable Judith Snider, Justice of the Federal Court
The Honourable Michael Phelan, Justice of the Federal Court
The Honourable Roger Hughes, Justice of the Federal Court
The Honourable Russel Zinn, Justice of the Federal Court
The Honourable David Brown, Justice of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario
The Honourable Julie Thorburn, Justice of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario
The Honourable Lois Roberts, Justice of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario
Mr. Kevin Aalto, Prothonotary of the Federal Court
Susan Beaubien, Macera & Jarzyna
Dan Bereskin, Bereskin & Parr
Andrew Brodkin, Goodmans LLP
Tim Gilbert, Gilbert’s LLP
Brian Gray, Ogilvy Renault LLP
Francois Grenier, Robic Leger Richard
Carol Hitchman, Hitchman Sprigings
Patrick Kierans, Ogilvy Renault LLP
John Koch, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Scott MacKendrick, Cameron MacKendrick
John Morrissey, Smart & Biggar
Christine Pallotta, Bereskin & Parr
Kevin Sartorio, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Jonathan Stainsby, Heenan Blaikie
Arthur Renaud, Bennett Jones LLP
Heather Watts, Deeth Williams Wall
2009 Rules and Problem
The 2009 Problem (PDF) describes the necessary facts and issues in the form of an appeal court decision which is subject to a further appeal. Please submit any questions to IPAdvocacy AT uwindsor DOT ca. Based on feedback from participants a clarification was issued regarding the problem.
The last version of the 2009 Moot Rules was version 2.2. Download the 2009 Rules (PDF)
A question has been raised regarding the interpretation of Rule 1.1 c) (in respect of the originally published Rules) which states that “The Competition shall take place in the English language”. Specifically, the petitioner had inquired whether the rule prohibited the use of the French versions of statutes in written submissions. To resolve any uncertainty, for the purposes of the 2008/2009 Competition, there should be no reference to the French language versions of applicable statutes.
2009 Schedule
Download 2009 schedules in PDF format:
Event Schedule (last updated 19 Feb 2009)
Panellists by Courtroom (last updated 19 Feb 2009)
Preliminary Round Schedule (last updated 19 Feb 2009)
Semi-Final and Final Round Schedule (last updated 19 Feb 2009)
2009 Participating Schools
McGill University
2009 Fox Moot Committee
- Justice Sexton, Federal Court of Appeal
- Justice Cronk, Ontario Court of Appeal
- Chief Justice Lutfy, Federal Court
- Emir A.C. Mohammed, co-chair – Professor, University of Windsor Law School
- Angela Furlanetto, co-chair – Partner, Dimock Stratton LLP
- Mohamed Hashim, University of Windsor Law School
- Cristina Mihalceanu, University of Windsor Law School
- Ronald Dimock, Partner, Dimock Stratton LLP
- Bruce Stratton, Partner, Dimock Stratton LLP
