On 5 March 2012, Anglia Ruskin Legal Debating Society held their first ever debate, which was well attended by both students and lecturers.

The event, held in the Chelmsford campus courtroom, was organised by Law student Catherine Mitchell. She reported: "The debate went really well and the speakers were impressive, with well-researched and well-reasoned arguments".

The motion for debate was 'Is a child at age 16 or under competent to make decisions about their own medical treatment?' The teams debating this controversial and topical area of law were: David Smith / Akim Shokeye and Erika Hagon-Torkington / Marcin Bronski, with Ms Mitchell also acting as speaker. Both sides put forward their arguments in a clear and reasoned manner, producing a lively debate that Erika and Marcin won by a single vote.

The Guest of Honour at the event was David Bannister, who graduated from Anglia Law School last year and is now taking the Bar Professional Training Course in London.

The School would like to say a big thank you to Catherine for organising the debate, and we look forward to the next one.

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