TEENAGERS enjoyed taking each other on in a court battle.

The pupils, aged 15 to 18, from Langley Park School for Boys, Beckenham, were competing in the London regional heat of the Bar National Mock Trial competition.

Sixteen students had to prepare to defend and prosecute in two fictional cases an assault and safety at work case.

The competition, which is organised by the Bar Council and the Citizenship Foundation, aims to introduce young people to the legal system.

They beat teams from 16 other schools at the event held at Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, and will represent the region in the national competition being held in London on March 11 next year.

Robert Northcott, headteacher at the South Eden Park Road school, said: "No school has won it twice in a row and now we have won it three times, I'm pinching myself."