The Stair Society held a legal history moot on 1 March 2025 to celebrate its recent 90th anniversary, having been founded in 1934. Teams from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh competed in the moot.
Each team (which comprised of senior counsel, junior counsel and a researcher) was required to research and apply the law of 1851 to a legal problem involving seduction and implied contract for wages. The moot was held in Court 1 in Parliament House, Edinburgh and was judged by the Hon Lord Ericht, Senator of the College of Justice, and Professor Hector MacQueen, Emeritus Professor of Private Law.
Both teams presented a very high level of legal argument, with the Edinburgh team being judged the winners. Members and supporters of the Stair Society were able to attend the moot and it was very pleasing to see to a friendly audience in the courtroom on a Saturday morning.
The members of the Aberdeen team were: Andrew Baptie, Charles Ray and Anna McClafferty.
The members of the Edinburgh team were: Tanuri Kulendran, Hannah Corke and Mohammed Alawami.
After the moot, a lunch reception took place at the Faculty of Advocate’s Mackenzie Building, to celebrate 90 years of the Stair Society.