JUSTICE RAJENDRA NARINE APPOINTED AS AD HOC JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT  

Will take on case of Michael Misick, McAllister Hanchell & Chalmers Misick

On 27 June 2024, Her Excellency, the Governor, appointed Justice Rajendra Narine as an Ad Hoc Judge of the Supreme Court for a period of 2 (two) years from 8 July 2024, to undertake the joint trial of: Rex v. Michael Misick CR18/14; Rex v. McAllister Hanchell CR 36/12; Rex v. Thomas Chalmers Misick CR 35/12 referred to collectively as: The Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) Trial (A).

Justice Narine takes up the post having retired from the Court of Appeal of Barbados in April 2024, where he served as a Justice of Appeal from 2019 until 2024. Shortly after his appointment as a Justice of Appeal, Justice Narine held the post of Acting Chief Justice of Barbados for two months from September to October 2020.

Before joining the Judiciary of Barbados, Justice Narine sat as a Judge of the High Court from April 1997 until September 2009, and then as a Justice of Appeal from September 2009 until April 2019 in Trinidad and Tobago.

Justice Narine was educated at the University of The West Indies, (1973-1974 Mona, Jamaica)

(1974-1976 St. Augustine) where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish.

Between 1980 and 1982 Justice Narine entered the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill,

Barbados where be obtained an LLB (Hons) Degree and went on to the Hugh Wooding Law School, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago where in 1984 he was awarded his Legal Education Certificate.

Justice Narine worked as an Attorney at Law from 1984 until 1997 at Alvin Fitzpatrick’s Chambers, 33 St. Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &Tobago, before he was elevated to the Bench in 1997.

The Judiciary of the Turks and Caicos Islands welcomes Justice Narine to the position of Ad Hoc Supreme Court Judge for the SIPT Trial.

Justice Narine will be sworn into office in due course.