Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Student mooters

Photo: L-R: Vlad Mirel, Kristina Wolff, Cam Flanagan and David Niddam-Dent 

Organized by the Competition Bureau, the Competition Tribunal and the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), the Adam F. Fanaki Competition Law Moot gives Canadian law students the chance to tackle timely, complex civil or criminal issues in a growing field of law that strives to balance private economic incentives with the public interest. 

"The Fanaki" was held in Toronto March 28 & 29, with mooters Kristina Wolff (2L/MBA) and Vlad Mirel (2L) appearing for the Appellants and David Niddam-Dent (2L) and Cam Flanagan (2L) for the Respondents, with both teams receiving awards in the top three:

  • First Runner-Up Respondent team: David Niddam-Dent and Cam Flanagan
  • Second Runner-up Appellant Factum: Kristina Wolff and Vlad Mirel 

The students were coached by Adjunct Moot Advisors Michael Laskey (JD/MA 2011), a partner in the Competition & Foreign Investment Group at Stikeman Elliott LLP and Nathaniel Read-Ellis (JD 2012), a partner at Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP, who has a broad commercial litigation practice across a wide range of industries. They were also coached by 3L students Emily Chu and Olivia Schenk.