Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar said the matter of payments to the families of the divers who died in the Paria tragedy and the surviving diver may have to be settled through a judicial settlement, owing to a possible conflict of interest.

On February 25, 2022, diver Christopher Boodram together with co-workers Kazim Ali Jr, Fyzal Kurban, Yusuf Henry and Rishi Nagassar, were repairing a 30-inch pipeline at state-owned company Paria's Pointe-a-Pierre facility when they were sucked into it. Only Boodram survived. They were employed with Land and Marine and Construction Services (LMCS).

Boodram and the family of Nagassar are represented by former attorney general Anand Ramlogan, while the families of Kurban and Henry are represented by attorney Prakash Ramadhar.