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Henry Kendall High School

Henry Kendall High School

Developing confident, responsible citizens who strive for excellence.

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Emailhenrykenda-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Mock Trial Team 2018

We are very proud to announce that Henry Kendall High School’s Mock Trial Team became one of the top 12 scoring teams across the state, and the only comprehensive high school left in the competition for the final Elimination round. We were able to defeat the only other public comprehensive High School, Lambton High School on 15 August. Sadly, our journey came to an end against Merewether High School (Newcastle) on Tuesday 4 September. Our team performed extremely well, losing by only 10 points. A big thank you to Gosford Legal Aid lawyer Hayley Dean who has been our coach for the entire competition. Hayley visited our school on three occasions to mentor the team and answered numerous emails from Mrs Kostalas. Her support has been greatly appreciated.

Our triumphant team consisted of; Katie Lewis and Eli Clarkson as barristers, Alexandra Sidiropoulos as solicitor, Luke Mirfield and Leo Coleman as witnesses and our Court Officer was Tom Marsh. Highlights from our trial with Merewether included the outstanding opening and closing statements from our barristers. Our witnesses were excellent, and held up comfortably under cross-examination. A big thankyou to Tom Marsh who did an excellent job as our Court Officer. The team has only lost on points twice during seven trials.

Finally, we’d like to thank Central Coast Leagues Club, for the use function room. We look forward to next year’s competition and thank the Law Society of NSW for their organisation.