Like many others, the 13th Leiden – Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition will take place online from 22-24 April 2022. More than 20 teams from around the world will compete for the place in the grand finale on 24 April.
This year’s case deals with the dispute between the State of Atlantis and the State of Midgard and concerns a conflict over nationality requirements of airlines under air services agreements, and subsequent challenges on ownership and control, and includes arguments over the suspension and revocation of airlines’ operations. The dispute raises questions of international law and international air law.
Together with the co-founder of the competition, the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University from the Netherlands, the Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation hosts the National Rounds in partnership with the Army Institute of Law, Mohali.
Last year the team comprising of Anushka Singh, Ayesha Zaidi and Shashwat Awasthi (RMLNLU) became the winner of the 12th Leiden-Sarin Air Law Moot Court Competition, 2021. The Team also won the title of the Best Oral Arguments – Respondents. The Team faced the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the final rounds. In March, the Team also won the National Rounds of the Moot.
The Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation was established in the fond memory of Late Shri H.L. Sarin, Senior Advocate and Late Shri. R.L. Sarin, Advocate. The Foundation is dedicated to the cause of protecting public interest, spreading legal literacy, taking up causes of general public importance for legal redressal and turning lawyers into socially responsible professionals.
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