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QUT negotiates national victory
Law students from Queensland University of Technology have taken top honours in the AAT’s national negotiation competition supported by the Resolution Institute.
Melissa Coade
A team of law students from the Queensland University of Technology is celebrating its recent win in this year’s Negotiating Outcomes on Time (NOOT) competition.
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Bianca Stringer and Viktoria Naumova, along with their reserve team member Rhiannon Dudley, were declared reigning negotiators last month. Dr Lucy Cradduck coached two QUT teams who participated in the competition, with fellow competitors Maddison Dantu-Hann and Harry Kecek, with reserve member Minge (Hermione) Hu also breaking into the latter rounds during finals day.
Run by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) – which resolves 80 per cent of matters without the need for a hearing and by Alternative Dispute Resolution methods – the NOOT competition is modelled based on the tribunal’s conciliation process.
In 2018, law schools from both Queensland and South Australia competed in the NOOT, with some competition rounds conducted via video link. Members of the public were invited to the last day of the competition to watch the finals, which were concurrently held by video link at the Brisbane and Adelaide Registries of the AAT.
A statement from Dr Cradduck said that the NOOT received strong support from tribunal members, with ADR Director Justin Toohey being a driving force behind the competition. Judges for the competition were the tribunal’s own conciliators and registrars who gave up their time to participate as conciliators, observers, and organisers for the NOOT.
“The tribunal conducts merits review which involves a complete reconsideration of the factual, legal and policy considerations relating to the decision under review,” Dr Cradduck said.
“The tribunal determines what it considers to be the correct or preferable decision on the material before it and may affirm, vary, or set aside the decision under review. There are over 400 pieces of legislation that confer jurisdiction on the tribunal.”
President of the Tribunal, Justice Thomas attended the NOOT final presentation in Adelaide.
Resolution Institute CEO Fiona Hollier attended the finals in Brisbane and was able to present Bianca and Viktoria with their prize.
Pictured: QUT’s winning ‘team 5’, with Dr Luck Cradduck (third from right) and representatives from the AAT.
