Important Announcements
June 6, 2023
OFFICE CLOSURE NOTICE
Kindly note, the firm will be closed on Thursday 8th June, 2023 in recognition of the Corpus Christi public holiday.
Our Attorneys can be directly contacted via their email address or mobile number as listed on this website. Our offices will reopen at 8:15 a.m. on Friday 9th June, 2023.
M. HAMEL-SMITH & CO.
May 29, 2023
OFFICE CLOSURE NOTICE
Kindly note, the firm will be closed on Tuesday 30th May, 2023 in recognition of the Indian Arrival public holiday.
Our Attorneys can be directly contacted via their email address or mobile number as listed on this website. Our offices will reopen at 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday 31st May, 2023.
M. HAMEL-SMITH & CO.
September 12, 2018
M. Hamel-Smith & Co. responds to Fake News
A message purporting to be a statement from our Firm on the ability – or rather the inability – of male police officers to arrest female citizens at night is being circulated via email and WhatsApp. This message asserts that “it is a procedural issue that a woman can be arrested between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. only if she is arrested by a woman officer and taken to an all-women police station. If she is arrested by a male officer, it has to be proven that a woman officer was on duty at the time of arrest.”
This message did not originate from our Firm. Unfortunately, our name came to be falsely associated with this message approximately 10 years ago when it was being circulated via email. Regrettably, despite our efforts to disown the message, it has reappeared and is now being circulated via WhatsApp.
Aside from the concern that our Firm has been falsely associated with advice that we have not given, it is doubly troubling that the advice itself is wrong.
Under the Police Service Act of Trinidad and Tobago there are no limitations on a police officer’s exercise of his or her power of arrest along the lines asserted in the fake message, whether based on the gender of the arresting officer or that of the alleged offender, nor is there any such limitation with respect to the time of day when the officer may make an arrest.
The message is fake news. Its association with our Firm is deeply regretted.
Nicole Ferreira-Aaron
Managing Partner
M. HAMEL-SMITH & CO.
Careers
If you are a client-focused, creative, solutions-oriented thinker, with excellent technical and interpersonal skills, as well as a proven team approach, we would like to hear from you. We offer exciting career prospects in a collegial work environment.
VACANCIES: Legal Assistant
Participation as a pivotal member of the firm by enhancing Attorney(s) effectiveness by providing information-management support, representing the attorney to clients and others, demonstrating a high level of initiative and being a team player in the Department.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Client Service
- Document Preparation
- Attorney Support
- Filing
- Invoicing/Billing
Qualification, Experience and Skills
- A minimum of four (4) years relevant work experience;
- Paralegal qualification from an accredited institution will be an asset;
- Familiarity with legal procedures specifically the Registry systems and legal protocols;
- Excellent secretarial and organisational skills;
- Advanced level MS Office computer skills:
- High level communication skills – strong grammar, spelling, vocabulary and language skills;
- High level of confidentiality;
- Keen listening skills; and
- Ability to coordinate multiple activities.
Please send C.V. to mhs@trinidadlaw.com or careers@trinidadlaw.com. Your application will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Kindly note, only suitable applicants will be contacted.