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New Appointments
Justices of Appeal

Madame Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee
Madame Justice Rajnauth-Lee brings to the Court of Appeal more than 30
years in the legal profession, eleven of which were as a Judge of the High
Court.
Appointed to the Bench in September 2001, Madame Justice Rajnauth-Lee
was one of the first Judges assigned to what was at that time the Pilot
Family Court Project. Prior to becoming a Judge, Madame Justice
Rajnauth-Lee spent four years in the Office of the Solicitor General and 16
years in private practice.
Madame Justice Lee has participated in several regional and international
seminars and conferences on a wide range of legal issues and contributed
significantly to various committees on the Administration of Justice in
Trinidad and Tobago. Madame Justice Rajnauth-Lee is a member of the
International Association of Women Judges and the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers.

Mr Justice Prakash Moosai
Mr Justice Prakash Moosai has been appointed a Judge of the Trinidad and
Tobago Court of Appeal. His elevation follows tenure of more than 15 years
as a Puisne Judge of the High Court. Prior to serving on the bench, he
spent 16 years in private practice. Mr Justice Moosai was admitted to
practise at the Bar in 1981 following his graduation from the Hugh Wooding Law School at St Augustine where he obtained his Legal Education
Certificate (LEC). His studies at the Hugh Wooding Law School followed
three years at the Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies pursuing his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) which he obtained in 1979. During his
career, Mr Justice Moosai served on the adoption board of Trinidad and
Tobago, and was also and remains a member of the Steering Committee
seeing to the introduction and implementation of a Drug Treatment Court.
Mr Justice Moosai’s range of extra curricula activities complements his
love for and involvement in the game of cricket, including captaining
teams at St Mary’s College and the Tunapuna Hindu Primary School
during his early school years, and later as a member of the Under 19 and
Senior National Teams, as well as Captain of the West Indies Lawyer’s
Cricket team undertaking tours of India and the United Kingdom in that
capacity. He remains a member of the Disciplinary Committee of
theTrinidad and Tobago Cricket Board.

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