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The Warsaw Pre-moot is an educational project simulating real arbitration proceedings. Students from European universities act as counsels for the parties and are assessed by lawyers who participate in arbitration proceedings on a daily basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach competition battle is considered by three arbitrators who behave in a manner similar to that in real arbitration proceedings, and who also have the right to ask questions to the participants,\u201d explains advocate trainee Katarzyna D\u0105browska.<\/p>\n
During this year\u2019s Warsaw Pre-moot, its participants dealt with a problem which consisted in delivering the right amount of a rare mineral produced by one and distributed by the other party to the dispute. Other elements of the problem concerned the institution of an emergency arbitrator and a joinder of additional parties in arbitration proceedings pursuant to the ICC Rules of Arbitration.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs in previous years also this year, the participants were prepared very well,\u201d says legal advisor Artur Sidor. \u201cThe students not only knew the complexities of the case, but also of the relevant law,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
The arbitrators\u2019 main task is to give feedback to participants in order to enable them to further develop their legal argumentation skills, taking into account the specificity of international arbitration proceedings.<\/p>\n
The Warsaw Pre-moot is one of the competitions which prepare students for the final Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot which takes place every year in Vienna.<\/p>\n