Retired judge to chair UTC

Imbert said Cabinet believes Nelson is well qualified to serve in this position and previously served as a director on the UTC’s board. The minister said Government wished to thank outgoing chairman Krishna Boodhai for his service.

He was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1970, admitted to practice at the Jamaican Bar in 1973 and at the Trinidad & Tobago Bar in 1975 and admitted to the Inner Bar as Senior Counsel in 1993.

He was sworn in directly from the bar as Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Trinidad & Tobago in 1999. He has been an Associate Tutor at the Hugh Wooding Law School since 1978 and is an Honorary Distinguished Fellow of the University of the West Indies.

Justice Nelson was selected as the Inns of Court Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies for 2010-2011.

He obtained his secondary education at Queen’s Royal College, where he was a House Scholar and National Scholar. Justice Nelson retired from the CCJ in May 2017.