Davies’ Annual Corporate/Securities Law Moot

On March 8 and 9, students from 13 law schools across Canada competed in the 33rd annual Davies Corporate/Securities Law Moot.

This year’s problem explored a variety of issues, including directors’ duties, the exercise of contractual discretion in good faith, damage awards for breach of an Arrangement Agreement and knowing assistance of a breach of fiduciary duties.

The top two teams competed in a final round before a five-member panel comprising The Honourable Justice Barbara Conway of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List); The Honourable Justice Suzanne Côté of the Supreme Court of Canada; The Honourable Justice Siobhan Monaghan of the Federal Court of Appeal; The Honourable Justice Katherine van Rensburg of the Ontario Court of Appeal; and Mr. Grant Vingoe, CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission.

Top prizes in 2024 went to the following:

Teams

1. University of Toronto
2. Osgoode Hall Law School
3. Dalhousie University

Factums

1. University of British Columbia
2. University of Alberta
3. University of Western Ontario

Oralists

1. Riya Thomas (University of Toronto)
2. Christian Arseneau (Dalhousie University)
3. Rojin Esmaeili (McGill University)