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Published:
December 2, 2008
Higbridge
school's budding young lawyers take part in mock court trial
 Budding
young lawyers from Highbridge's King Alfred School got a taste
of life in court when they took part in a mock trial at the weekend.
The
sixth form legal team travelled to Plymouth Combined Court to
take part in the South West regional heats of the Bar Mock Trial
competition on Saturday (November 29th).
The
King Alfred students competed against five other schools from
across the south west and had to prepare their cases for both
the prosecution and defence rounds.
Presiding
over events were three experienced judges, including a senior
circuit judge, and the cases included dangerous driving and breach
of the peace.
The
event required true team ethos and commitment, with four lawyers
in the form of James Ballantyne, Nicholas Bennett, Emily Sanders
(Year 11) and Owen Jandrell (Year 11), ably supported by Haley
Titmus as Court Clerk, Ben Griffiths (Year 11) as Court Usher,
Jonathan Davey and Gemma Nash (Year 11) as witnesses for the defence
and prosecution. The jury team was made up of Chelsi Payne, Sophie
Burridge, Sarah Harding, Olivia Ward, Adam Britton and Rebecca
Biggs.
 Although
the team was delighted to win the final of their three cases the
real highlight for everyone involved was learning that Luke Sait
won the award for Best Court Reporter.
Luke
was invited into Court Three to observe the first case of the
day before retiring to a small room to hand write his report which
then had to be submitted to the organisers.
Jonathan
Gaskell, Head of the Sixth Form, told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "The
event was terrific fun and a tremendous experience for those students
interested in how the English legal system operates and the roles
and responsibilities of all those involved."
"The King Alfred legal team was up against schools with ten
years experience of the competition and they gave as good as they
got. This year was for fun, next year we'll be in it to win it!"
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