Prof Dr Leander D Loacker, MPhil

On the applicability of the Lugano Convention afterBREXIT.

Winning team Moot Court in OR 23/24

Congratulations to the winning team 5!

Emel Sterchi, Michelle Stocker, Anna Irell and Alessandro Trillini (from left to right)

At the 21st Vis East Moot 2024 in Hong Kong, the RWF student team won first place for the best written submission on both the plaintiff and defendant side. This double victory out of a total of 150 teams worldwide is cause for great celebration.

At the subsequent Vis Moot 2023/2024 in Vienna, our team successfully defended its first place - this time against 373 teams from around the world - for the best written submission on the defendant's side.

This triple victory among hundreds of teams with the best students is cause for great joy. Although the Zurich teams can look back on a long history of success in the private law moot courts (since 2018 under the academic leadership of Prof Loacker and Prof Heiss), the triple is a remarkable first. Our warmest congratulations.

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By decree of 3 December 2021, Prof. Dr Loacker was appointed Deputy Judge at the Princely Supreme Court in Liechtenstein for a term of office of five years (1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026).

The Princely Supreme Court is the final instance of ordinary jurisdiction in Liechtenstein.

Prof Loacker is a member of the first (civil) senate.

We are delighted to have been nominated for the final round of the Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching.

With this award, the University of Zurich honours a lecturer - across all faculties - who has distinguished themselves in university teaching through special qualities.

Our sincere thanks go to the Zurich students who nominated us for this award!

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