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Mr Justice Anthony Carmona
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former Yugoslavia in The Hague, as well as on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha. In 2000,
he was conferred the status of Senior Counsel.

Indian headquartered Corporations. He was also counsel
in a number of divestments/acquisitions of State-owned
enterprises in Trinidad and Tobago.

Just when the Judiciary was preparing to say farewell to Mr
Justice Anthony Carmona for his posting as a Judge of the
International Criminal Court in the Hague, the institution
had to shift gears to welcome him as President of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Mr Carmona was
nominated by the government to the highest office of the
land, an appointment which was overwhelmingly
supported nationally and endorsed unanimously by the
Electoral College.

Mr Carmona was celebrated by the Judiciary at functions
that were organised specifically by his colleagues on the
bench and by the wider Judiciary. Since his appointment
he has visited the Hall of Justice on a number of occasions
for functions, and more recently for signing the condolence book and attending the special sitting of the Supreme
Court to honour the memory of Justice Wendell Kangaloo.

Justice Stollmeyer is a member of the Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators; the International Bar Association (Judges
Forum); and a member of the Attorneys at law Disciplinary
Committee); and the Law Society of England and Wales. He
also served as a member of Council and Treasurer of the Law
Association of Trinidad and Tobago during 1990-1996.
Justice Stollmeyer was first appointed to the bench as a
Temporary High Court judge in November, 1996, and
became a Puisne Judge six months later on March 1, 1997.
He was elevated to the Court of appeal in September 2009.

Mr Carmona is also the second member of the Trinidad
and Tobago bench to have assumed the position of Head of
State, the first being Mr Justice Noor Hassanali who served
from 1986 to 1996.
Justice Carmona is a past pupil of Presentation College,
San Fernando. He attended the University of the West
Indies where he obtained his LLB, and later his Legal
Education Certificate from the Sir Hugh Wooding Law
School also at St Augustine in Trinidad between 1973 and
1983. He became a Senior State attorney in 1989.
Prior to his appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court in
2004 Justice Carmona was Assistant Deputy Director of
Public Prosecutions from 1994 to 1999. He was the Legal
Advisor in criminal law and issues related to the I CC to
then President Arthur N.R. Robinson who conceived the
idea of the international tribunal. As such, Mr Carmona
participated in meetings of the Preparatory Committee on
the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Mr
Justice Carmona also represented Trinidad and Tobago in
regional and international fora on crime, corruption,
extradition, drug-trafficking and money laundering. He
also delivered papers and lectures on the same topics, as
well as on witness protection, the advancement of the
criminal justice system, criminal law enforcement and the
administration of justice.
During 2001 to 2004, he was an Appeals Counsel at the
Office of the Prosecutor at the Criminal Tribunal for the

Mr Justice Andre Mon Desir

Mr Justice Mon Desir has resigned from the Judiciary of
the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago after serving as a
Judge of the High Court for four years.

Mr Justice Humphrey Stollmeyer

After almost 20 years of service as a Judge culminating
with a seat in the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice Charles Humphrey Victor Stollmeyer bade farewell to the Bench in
December 2012. His tenure as well as his entire legal
career spanning some four decades was hailed by his
colleagues and members of the legal fraternity during a
special sitting of the Supreme Court.

Appointed to the Trinidad and Tobago bench in December
2008, Mr Justice Mon Desir had returned to his native
Trinidad and Tobago after six years in the service of the
Government of the Cayman Islands, holding positions as
Senior Crown Counsel (Criminal), Independent Counsel to
the Governor, and Legal Counsel to the Cayman Islands
Monetary Authority. He had come to the Judiciary with 15
years experience as an Attorney both in private and public
sector practice. Mr Justice Mon Desir was admitted to the
Bar in 1993.

A former student of Queen’s Royal College, Mr Stollmeyer
received his legal education at the College of Law, Surrey,
England. In March, 1976.He was admitted to practise as a
solicitor and conveyancer in Trinidad and Tobago, and
similarly, in England and Wales, four years later.
Before joining the bench, Justice Stollmeyer was in private
practice for some 20 years, firstly as an associate, and then
a partner in the law firm of J.D Sellier and Co. His principal
focus was in Corporate and Commercial Law advising and
acting for a large number of local and overseas clients
including English, American, Canadian, Caribbean and

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