ESU/Essex Court National Mooting Competition Success Friday, 20 December 2013 Many congratulations to the Oxford Brookes University GDL mooting team (Jack Thorp and Rachel Sullivan) who last night defeated the University of Gloucestershire in the first round of this year's ESU/Essex Court National Mooting Competition, which was held before Richard Benson QC in the Moot Court in Headington Hill Hall. Jack and Rachel now progress to the second round, where they will face either Buckinghamshire New University or the University of Oxford.