Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo, O.R.T.T., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces administered the Oath of Office to two (2) Puisne Judges on Monday February 2, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at The President’s House. The Honourable the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh attended the ceremony.

The two new Pusine Judges are:

1. The Honourable Madame Justice Danielle Thompson

2. The Honourable Mr. Justice Vigel Paul

The Hon. Madame Justice Danielle Thompson was an Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Having gained in 2005 Upper Second Honours in an LLB degree from the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, Ms Thompson went on to get her Legal Education certificate in 2007. In 2021, as the Trinidad and Tobago Chevening Scholar, Ms Thompson completed with Distinction an MSc in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics & Political Science.

The Hon. Mr. Justice Vigel Paul was a Master of the High Court in the Judiciary’s Family and Children Division. Mr. Paul gained in 1998 a Second-Class Honours LLB degree from the University of London, and then went on to the Legal Education Certificate at the Hugh Wooding Law School. He was admitted to practice as an Attorney-at-Law in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on 20 October 2000.