David and Katherine awoke to the realisation that this was the last day they would ever have to talk about faulty Tera cars and that poor Mr Tisk. Our first moot was against Kings College, which though a London based University, was actually a team made up entirely of decidedly french students, and were excellent competitors. As Katherine had promised to wear all black if we made it to the finals, she did. It was perhaps a little intimidating wearing the black, as the last team wearing all black had not done so well against the french...
We got into the room where the semi-final was going to take place. A good sized crowd had gathered, and we had managed to pick up some groupies/supporters along the way so we had some friendly faces in the crowd cheering us on. David and Katherine had to represent poor Mr Tisk in front of a formidable panel of leading arbitrators. It was a tough gig, but we managed to convince them that there was some merit in Mr Tisk's case. Of course, the team from King's College had an excellent time rebutting our arguments, and they did so very well. Our Arbitral Tribunal were very much up to speed on the issues, so we had some tough questions to respond to. But we did out best, and gave a really hard-hitting performance on behalf of our client.
We proceeded to the waiting area to hear the announcements of the finalists. It was an anxious wait, but as Katherine pointed out, either we had just done our final ever Tera car moot, or we were about to do the final ever Tera car moot, so the outlook was good regardless. The Panels came back and the other semi-final was announced first. If we were going through to the final, our opponents would be ILS Law College, Pune University. If you have read this blog carefully, you have just realised that our possible opponents were the same opponents who knocked us out of the Leuven pre-moot. So Katherine and David now had more reasons to be nervous.
As for whether we needed to be doubly nervous, the announcement came. The Panel said that Both Victoria and King's College put on excellent performances, but the team going through to the final would be... Victoria University! There was hugging all around, and then serious discussion set in, we needed to make out way out to the banquet hall where the final moot and then closing banquet would be held, and we needed to prepare our Respondent argument. It was about 11am, and we were on in less than two hours...
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