A New Judge at the Caribbean Court of Justice

By: - March 31st, 2015

Above: new Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee (left)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The Port-of-Spain-based Caribbean Court of Justice has its newest member.

Trinidad President Anthony Carmona officially swore in Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee last week.

Rajnauth-Lee is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and a former Justice of Appeal of the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago.

She had served in the Court of Appeal in Trinidad since 2012; her judicial experience also includes the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago.

She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and of the Hugo Wooding Law School.

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