Year 11 Mock Trial Team

The Fort Street Mock Trial team faced off against St Maroun’s last night in their second round where they played the role of the defence team in a negligence case, representing Westfield in response to an incident where a woman slipped in the food court and injured herself. The team was made up of Cara, Dylan, Chinmay, Vennela, Bhavnish, and Chloe from Year 11.

Our team attempted to argue that Westfield’s hourly inspections of the food court by cleaners addressed their duty of care and that the woman did not see a puddle before slipping so could not claim that Westfield was to blame for her fall. The opposing team’s doctor witness was well prepared when giving evidence while our second barrister, Chinmay, was a standout who presented a strong closing argument in which he linked court precedent to the facts of the case.

The other team came out ahead top on points and won the round, but our team clinched a symbolic victory by winning the case as the negligence claim was dismissed.