Two law students argued a hypothetical case in front of some of Bermuda?s top legal brains during an event held in memory of late Puisne Judge Hector Barcilon.

Sarina Bean and Jamie Rego took part in the annual Hector Barcilon Memorial Moot in front of Chief Justice Richard Ground, Attorney General Larry Mussenden and Solicitor General Wilhelm Bourne among others.

The event, held in Supreme Court Three on Friday, was based on a fictitious appeal by a hospital doctor convicted of the murder of a baby in his care.

It was presided over by Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley, Assistant Registrar Peter Miller, and John Riihiluoma, a partner at Appleby Spurling Hunder who often sits as an Assistant Puisne Judge. According to Mr. Miller, the appeal required much research into recent ?right to life? court cases.

Ms Bean, who won both the legal argument and the moot, is a student in the Bermuda College / University of Kent Law Programme.

She works as a Court Associate in the Supreme Court and was assisted in her research by Catherine Hay and Deborah Correia.

Mr. Rego is a first year law student at the University of Kent, entering his second year this September.

He finished top of his class at the Bermuda College / Kent Law School programme with merit and was assisted in his research by Scott Simmons and John Hindess.

Hector Barcilon, who was born in Egypt in 1908, practised law in Egypt and London before he was appointed to the post of Solicitor General in Bermuda in 1956.

He became the first Bermuda Puisne Judge in 1965, going on to work at Smith Bermard and Diel as Senior Legal Consultant before his death in 1988.