Past Champions
| Year | Institution / Society | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | University College Dublin Literary & Historical Society | Ciarán Garrett & Michael O'Dwyer |
| 2011 | Cambridge Union | Doug Cochran & Maria English |
| 2010 | University of Edinburgh | Paul Brown & Sebastian Osborn |
| 2009 | Oxford Union | Jonathan Leader Maynard & Alex Worsnip |
| 2008 | Lincoln's Inn | Usman Ahmed & Hannah Klein |
| 2007 | Cambridge Union | Sam Block & Adam Bott |
| 2006 | King's Inns | Barry Glynn & Mark Murphy |
| 2005 | Lincoln's Inn | Fiona Dewar & Sebastian Isaac |
| 2004 | Cambridge Union | Harriet Jones-Fenleigh & Nicholas Tan |
| 2003 | University College Cork Law Society | Stephen Coutts & Cian Murphy |
| 2002 | Lincoln's Inn | Dennis Kavanagh & George Payne |
| 2001 | University College Dublin Literary & Historical Society | Paul Brady & Colin Walsh |
| 2000 | Trinity College Dublin Philosophical Society | Bob Cuffe & Fergal Davis |
| 1999 | University of Edinburgh | Andrew Jessop & Richard Wilkins |
| 1998 | University of Edinburgh | Ben Foss & Colm O'Cinneide |
| 1997 | Trinity College Dublin Philosophical Society | Matthew Magee & Alex Massie |
| 1996 | University of Edinburgh | Bob Dalrymple & Stephen Magee |
| 1995 | Glasgow University Union | Manus Blessing & Duncan Hamilton |
| 1994 | Oxford Union | Rufus Black & Rod Clayton |
| 1993 | Gray's Inn | David Langwallner & Alan Maclean |
| 1992 | Glasgow University Union | Robin Marshall & Paul Sinclair |
| 1991 | Middle Temple | Jeremy Callman & Adam Deacock |
| 1990 | Glasgow University Union | Graeme Cleugh & Andrew Peterson |
| 1989 | Trinity College Dublin Historical Society | Anthony Whelan & Malachy McAllister |
| 1988 | University College Cork Philosophical Society | Adrian Hunt & Tim Murphy |
| 1987 | Glasgow University Union | Jardine Simpson & John Fletcher |
| 1986 | King's Inns | Dermot Horgan & Damien Crawford |
| 1985 | Glasgow University Union | Michael McKirdy & Angus McIver |
| 1984 | University College Dublin Literary & Historical Society | Shane Murphy & Patrick Whyms |
| 1983 | Glasgow University Union | Michael Macfarlane & John Nicolson |
| 1982 | Glasgow University Union | Charles Kennedy & Clark McGinn |
| 1981 | Lincoln's Inn | Oliver Wise & Anthony Trace |
| 1980 | Middle Temple | Nicholas Mostyn & John Lyons |
| 1979 | University College Dublin Law Society | Donal O'Donnell & Conor Gearty |
| 1978 | University College Dublin Law Society | Donal O'Donnell & Conor Gearty |
| 1977 | No tournament | |
| 1976 | Inner Temple | Oliver Ross & Martin Russell |
| 1975 | Inner Temple | Ian Bullock & Edward Croff |
| 1974 | Glasgow University Union | Alistair Burrow & Martin MacLachlan |
| 1973 | Ealing College | Barrie Hawkins & Bob Meaton |
| 1972 | Glasgow University Union | Alan Gamble & Alistair Robertson |
| 1971 | Inner Temple | John M Aspinall & Dennis M Singham |
| 1970 | University College Cardiff | John Crook & Nick Jenkins |
| 1969 | Cambridge Union | Rajeev Dhavan & Nicholas Stadlen |
| 1968 | University of Strathclyde | John Hutchinson & Victor MacColl |
| 1967 | Glasgow University Union | Colin MacKay & Matthew McQueen |
| 1966 | Trinity College Dublin Historical Society | David J McConnell & Cian Ó hÉigeartaigh |
| 1965 | University of Bristol | Bob Marshall-Andrews & David Hunt |
| 1964 | University College Dublin Literary & Historical Society | Anthony Clare & Patrick Cosgrave |
| 1963 | Glasgow University Union | Donald Dewar & Malcom MacKenzie |
| 1962 | Glasgow University Union | A Gordon Hunter & John Smith |
| 1961 | University of Edinburgh | Russell Johnston & David Harcus |
| 1960 | University College Cardiff | Vincent Kane & Mary O'Neill |
| 1959 | University College Dublin Literary & Historical Society | Godfrey Agbim & Owen Dudley Edwards |
| 1958 | Birkbeck College | Ernest C. Dalrymple-Alford & Fred Crawford |
| 1957 | Glasgow University Union | Ronald Anderson & James Gordon |
| 1956 | Glasgow University Union | Roger McCormick & J Scott Bernie |
| 1955 | Glasgow University Union | J Dickson Mabon & Andrew Kennedy |
| 1954 | Ruskin College | Tom Megahy & William McCarthy |
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