The In­dus­tri­al Court of Trinidad and To­ba­go has an­nounced the ap­point­ment of His Ho­n­our Melvin Daniel as Chair­man of the Es­sen­tial Ser­vices Di­vi­sion.

The Court al­so an­nounced the ap­point­ment of Their Ho­n­ours Adri­an Dar­manie and Ashti Sookhan as Mem­bers of the Gen­er­al Ser­vices Di­vi­sion.

His Ho­n­our Melvin Daniel has served as a Mem­ber of the In­dus­tri­al Court for over 11 years. He pre­vi­ous­ly worked in the Gen­er­al Ser­vices Di­vi­sion and now as­sumes re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for the Es­sen­tial Ser­vices Di­vi­sion. Be­fore join­ing the Court, he had over 30 years of le­gal ex­pe­ri­ence in Trinidad and To­ba­go. He served as a Mag­is­trate in the Ju­di­cia­ry, Se­nior State Coun­sel and State Pros­e­cu­tor in the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions, and worked in pri­vate prac­tice at T Mal­colm Milne and Com­pa­ny. He al­so serves as an As­so­ciate Tu­tor at the Hugh Wood­ing Law School.