The 2006 Asia Pacific Regional Rounds had 40 teams from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand. This is by far the largest regional round in the history of the Lachs Moot. The Regional Rounds were held from 18 to 22 April 2006 in Sydney.
The Indian Domestic Funding Rounds, sponsored by the Indian Space Research Organisation, was held from 16 to 18 March 2006 in Bangalore, India. In a very large field of teams, the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences of Kolkata won its place in Sydney.
The preliminary rounds were held in the Sydney offices of Baker & McKenzie, Clayton Utz and Ebsworth & Ebsworth, with a record 21 teams participating. Judges and observers alike have all commented on the close competitiveness of all teams in the 2006 Regional Round.
In the first set of quarter-finals, held at Clayton Utz, the University of Sydney (1) defeated the University of New South Wales (8), the University of Auckland (3) defeated the Flinders University of South Australia (6) and the National University of Juridical Sciences (4) defeated the University of Queensland (5). The upset was in the remaining quarter-final, with the University of Technology, Sydney (7) defeating the Parahyangan Catholic University (2).
In closely-contested semi-finals, the University of Auckland defeated the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Sydney defeated the National University of Juridical Sciences.
The 2006 Regional Final was held in the Banco Court of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The University of Auckland defeated the University of Sydney and will represent this region in the world finals to be held in Valencia, Spain, in October this year.
Winner:
University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Mr. Anton Badkov, Mr. Jonathan Orpin and Mr. James Townshend
Runner-Up:
University of Sydney (Australia)
Mr. Lucas Bastin, Ms. Odette Murray and Mr. Yu Zhang
Best Memorials:
Parahyangan Catholic University (Indonesia)
Best Oralist (Final Rounds):
Mr. James Townshend
University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds):
Mr. John Tobing
Parahyangan Catholic University (Indonesia)
ILA Prize for Best Performing Australian Team:
University of Sydney (Australia)
Final Frontier Award:
Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University (India)
Judge Vereshchetin Award:
Mr. Ian Awford, Ebsworth & Ebsworth
Final Judges:
Mr. Ian Awford
Mr. Jonathan Hoyle
Ms. Alexandra Seneta
Sponsors:
National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Clayton Utz
Ebsworth & Ebsworth
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
Baker & McKenzie
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Activer Consulting
Robert Chrzaszcz & Associates
LexisNexis Australia
Flinders University of South Australia
International Law Association (Australian Branch)
Participating Teams:
Amity Law School (Delhi, India)
Aoyama Gakuin University (Tokyo, Japan)
Balaji Law College (Pune, India)
Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies (Bangalore, India)
China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing, China)
Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand)
Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College (Chennai, India)
Flinders University of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
Gujarat National Law University
(Gandhinagar, India)
Guru Nanak Dev University (Jalandhar, India)
Hidayatullah National Law University (Raipur, India)
Indian Law Society Law College (Pune, India)
Karnatak Lingayat Education Society Law College (Bangalore, India)
Kerala Law Academy Law College (Thiruvananthapuram, India)
M. S. Ramaiah College of Law (Bangalore, India)
Mahatma Gandhi University (Ernakulam, India)
National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Hyderabad, India)
National Law School of India University (Bangalore, India)
National Law University (Jodhpur, India)
National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Padjadjaran University (Bandung, Indonesia)
Parahyangan Catholic University (Bandung, Indonesia)
Sophia University (Tokyo, Japan)
Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University (Chennai, India)
University College of Law (Dharwad, India)
University Law College (Bangalore, India)
University of Auckland (New Zealand)
University of Delhi (India)
University of Kyoto (Japan)
University of Lucknow (India)
University of Melbourne (Australia)
University of Mumbai (India)
University of Mysore (India)
University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)
University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)
University of Tokyo (Japan)
Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Kolkata, India)
