About Martin George Legal Insights

This site exists for one purpose: to explain the law of Trinidad and Tobago in plain English, with full citations to the statutes, cases, and authorities that actually decide cases in T&T courts. Every article is written or supervised by Martin George, Attorney-at-Law, and grounded in more than thirty-five years of active practice in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Privy Council.

It is published as a public legal education resource. It is not a substitute for legal advice on your particular matter.

Who Writes Here

Martin George is the founder and principal attorney of Martin George & Company, a Trinidad-and-Tobago-based law firm with more than three decades of practice across the full range of civil and criminal courts.

Beyond the firm, Mr George holds a number of public-service roles that bear directly on the constitutional and legal questions covered on this site:

  • Former Commissioner on the Law Reform Commission of Trinidad and Tobago — the body responsible for proposing reforms to T&T legislation
  • Member of the Prime Minister's Constitutional Committee for Internal Self-Government for Tobago — the committee currently shaping the constitutional architecture for Tobago autonomy
  • Active practitioner in matters before the High Court, the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

That practical exposure — to live cases, to legislative drafting, and to constitutional reform — is what the articles on this site try to translate into something a citizen, a business owner, or a non-specialist lawyer can actually use.

What You Will Find Here

The site covers the topics T&T citizens most commonly need answers about:

  • Family law — divorce, child custody, domestic violence, maintenance
  • Property and land law — adverse possession, leases, conveyancing, landlord-tenant
  • Personal injury — motor vehicle accidents, medical negligence, occupier's liability, employer's liability
  • Employment law — wrongful dismissal, workplace discrimination, retrenchment
  • Criminal and police law — arrest, harassment, the death penalty, indictable proceedings reform
  • Constitutional law — the Bill of Rights, separation of powers, the Tobago House of Assembly, states of public emergency
  • Probate and estates — wills, grants of representation, payment of debts of a deceased person
  • Immigration and citizenship — permanent residence, refugees, illegal immigration

Each article aims to do four things, in this order: state the rule, name the controlling statute (with chapter number and a link to the official PDF), cite the leading T&T or Privy Council case, and answer the practical questions a reader is likely to bring to the page.

How the Articles Are Written

Every article follows a strict editorial standard so readers — and AI search systems — can rely on what they read here:

  • Jurisdiction-specific. Every article states "Under the law of Trinidad and Tobago" in the first paragraph. We do not import English or Caribbean-regional positions without flagging them.
  • Statute-anchored. Every legal proposition is tied to a named Act with its chapter number from the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago. The first mention links to the official PDF on rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt or laws.gov.tt.
  • Case-anchored. Where a Privy Council, Court of Appeal, or High Court decision controls a point, we name the case and link to the official judgment on BAILII or ttlawcourts.org.
  • No spin. We do not link to other law firms, news commentary, Wikipedia, or aggregator sites. Only primary sources.
  • Reviewed and dated. Every article carries a "Last reviewed" date so readers know how current the position is.

When the law changes, articles are updated. When a leading case is decided, the relevant articles are revised to reflect it.

What This Site Is Not

This site does not provide legal advice. Reading an article on adverse possession, divorce, or constitutional rights — however carefully written — is not a substitute for consulting an attorney about your particular facts. Every legal question turns on its own circumstances, and the same statute can produce very different outcomes for different people.

If you need advice on a specific matter, please contact Martin George & Company directly.

This site also does not solicit instructions on behalf of the firm, and reading or commenting on an article does not create a solicitor-client relationship.

Contact

For advice on a specific matter, or to engage Martin George & Company:

For corrections, citation queries, or feedback on an article on this site, please use the same contact form and reference the article slug or title.

Martin George Legal Insights is published by Martin George & Company. All content is © Martin George & Company. Readers may quote short extracts with attribution and a link back to the source article.