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Mr Justin Phelps appointed as Senior Counsel

Jun 18, 2024

Mr Justin Phelps appointed as Senior Counsel

On the advice of the Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley, Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo O.R.T.T., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, presented the instrument of appointment to Mr. Justin Phelps, to the rank of Senior Counsel, at a presentation ceremony at The President’s House, today, Tuesday June 18, 2024.

Mr. Justin Phelps SC was called to the Bar of England and Wales in October 1995 and admitted to practice in Trinidad and Tobago one (1) year later. He has also been admitted in St. Kitts and Nevis, in Guyana and in Antigua and Barbuda.

He has since carried on a commercial practice covering advocacy and advisory work across a broad range of commercial areas. He has extensive experience in specialist commercial disciplines including arbitration, commercial fraud, insolvency and company law. He is regularly instructed by a broad field of corporate and individual clients in both the private and the public sectors in all aspects of business litigation including in many high value commercial and corporate cases, building and construction disputes, banking disputes, insolvency, commercial fraud and defamation.

Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo O.R.T.T., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago congratulates Mr. Justin Phelps S.C. on his appointment.

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