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Hamel-Smith Forum

The Lawyers Newsletter for Business Professionals – keeping you abreast of new developments in Trinidad and Tobago. Download the latest issue in PDF format today or register to receive the publication regularly by email.

Current Issue

October 2023

  • No Escaping Death or Taxes-Tell the Grim Reaper “Not Anymore!”
  • Tax Incentives in Trinidad & Tobago: A Pre-Budget Consideration

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June 2023

  • Disclosure Obligations In Civil Litigation:
    Lessons From The ‘Wagatha Christie’ Case
  • Robots And The Future Of Tax

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April 2023

  • Dissolving A Company: What does it mean and
    how is it done?
  • Customs Policies on the Wedge: High Court
    Rules Against Customs Order

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December 2022

  • Shipbuilding: Contract Consideration for An Emerging Industry
  • Defamation in the Digital Age

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August 2022

  • Take-Over Bids
  • Maternity Protection in the Workplace

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June 2022

  • Protecting Your Personal Information On All Fronts: Recent Developments In Cross-Border Data Protection
  • Ensuring Business Continuity: the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on T&T

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April 2022

  • Courting Legal Business Relations
  • Guyana’s Local Content Policy: A cause for CARICOM concern?

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February 2022

  • Can we keep things on the side? A Review of
    the Side Letter and its use in Commercial
    Leases
  • Importing Pharmaceuticals into T&T:
    The Regulatory Regime

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December 2021

  • COVID-19 Vaccines in the Workplace: A Second Jab
  • Property Tax: What to Know

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September 2021

  • The Road To Debt Recovery: Enforcement of a Judgment Debt
  • Workplace Health and Safety: The Laws All Employers Should Know

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June 2021

  • So You’ve Received A Pre-Action Protocol Letter – How To Manage the Litigation Process?
  • NFTs: Beyond Cryptocurrency and Regulation

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April 2021

  • COVID-19 And The Tax Residency Implications Of Running A Business
  • Contractual Notice Requirements: It’s In The Details…

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March 2021

  • COVID-19 Vaccines In The Workplace: CAN EMPLOYERS MAKE MANDATORY?
  • Private Hire “PH” Taxis – Regularisation From An Insurance Law Perspective.

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January 2021

  • Working From Home After Covid-19: What Employers Need To Know?
  • Debt Collection And The “New Normal”.

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August 2020

  • Covid-19 Restrictions and the Impact on Commercial Leases – A plight of frustration
  • You Gotta Have (GOOD) Faith, Faith, Faith… Or Do You?

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April 2020

  • Can You Sue Over A Bad Review?
  • Hush Yuh Mouth! A Primer On Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)

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January 2020

  • Social Media And Litigation
  • Blockchain-The Death Of A Middleman
  • Hear That Tiger Roar – Protecting Brand Reputation

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October 2019

  • Ship Ahoy! Maritime Claims And What It Means To Arrest A Ship
  • Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies
  • How Well Do You Know Your Pension Plan?

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August 2019

  • Director’s Duties
  • Data Is Risky Business – Beware of Rogue Employee
  • Testing the Boundaries – Discrimination and the Right to Refuse Service

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June 2019

  • Rise Of The Drones: Business Opportunities and
    Risks
  • Can You Own A Meme? Memes And Intellectual
    Property
  • What’s In A Name? Fenty v Fenty

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April 2019

  • What You Need To Understand-About Memorandums of Understanding
  • A Company Medical-How Healthy Is Your Company?

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November 2018

  • The Secret of Confidential Information-A Snapshot of Confidentiality Issues that Can Affect Your Business
  • The Essence of Time in Contracts for the Sale of Land
  • Stop Holding Me Back! Exposure to Withholding Tax in Cross-Border Contracts

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March 2018

  • Made in T&T…A Brief Look at the Entrepreneurial Benefits of Geographical Indications
  • The Long Awaited Insurance Reform Is On The Horizon

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January 2018

  • The Highs and Lows of Marijuana Legislation – What could it mean for business?
  • Revisiting Cross Border Secured Financing Part II: The Security Financing Part II: The Security Package

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September 2017

  • Revisiting Cross Border Secured Financing
  • Whose Employee Is It – Liability Under a “Labour Only” Contract

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March 2017

  • Unequally Equal’ – Circumventing the Pari Passu Rule
  • Navigating Uncharted Territory in Guava Season: Secured Creditors’ Rights on Insolvency
  • Fair Competition Coming: The Fair Trading Act

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October 2016

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  • Insolvency:  Obligations and Liabilities of Directors – Part II
  • A Client’s Guide to Civil Litigation Revisited:  The Stages of Civil Litigation – Part II

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July 2016

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  • Insolvency: Obligations and Liabilities of Directors
  • A Client’s Guide to Civil Litigation Revisited: The Stages of Civil Litigation

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March 2016

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  • Buyer Beware: A Brief Guide to Obtaining a Foreign Investor’s Licence
  • The Private Labelling Trend
  • Mediating the Civil Dispute in Trinidad & Tobago: “Theoretically Sound, Practically Useless?”

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November 2015

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  • Too Much Information?  The Risks of Using Social Media to Screen Recruits
  • Brand Protection: Guarding Against Online Infringement
  • Virtual Piracy: How to Protect Your Domain Name

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August 2015

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  • When is a Shareholder a Shareholder, Or Not?  The Importance of Side Notes in Statutory Interpretation
  • “Not Broken, Just Bent” – Facilitating Financial Rehabilitation via the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

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May 2015

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  • “Not Broken, Just Bent” – Facilitating Financial Rehabilitation via the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
  • Proving Passing Off

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November 2014

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  • Tackling Trademark Infringement
  • The Securities (Amendment) Act, 2014: A Step Forward
  • Of Critical Importance: The Role of the Corporate Secretary in Corporate Governance
  • Employment Law Update: The Proposed Minimum Wages Order 2014

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April 2014

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  • Stay Ahead of the Game: How to Manage the impact of the World Cup on your Workplace
  • Passing the Baton: Nicole Ferreira-Aaron appointed Managing Partner of Hamel-Smith
  • The Long(er) Arm of the Law – Stretching the Four Corners of a Written Act
  • Not Your Employee? You May Still Be Liable for his Injury
  • Penalty Clauses – When Are They Justified?

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January 2014

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  • Is Your Company Up to Code? A Review of the New Corporate Governance Code
  • A Face That (Could) Launch A Thousand Suits
  • The U.K. Bribery Act: Across the Pond to Our Shores
  • ‘Use It or Face Losing It’! Protecting Trademarks Through Use

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October 2013

  • Access to the Foreign Market – The Securities Act, 2012!
  • Trinidad & Tobago 2014 Budget Measures
  • Legal Advice Privilege – Reserved to Advice Given by Lawyers!
  • Winning the Shell Game: How the Oppression Remedy Can Be Used to Recover Unpaid Judgments!

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March 2013

  • Issues and Investors Beware: The Securities Act 2012 is Here!
  • Related Party Transactions and Transfer Pricing: A Brief Introduction – Part II
  • Shades of Grey… Navigating the parallel import market!

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December 2012

  • Related Party Transactions and Transfer Pricing: A Brief Introduction
  • Get Those Goods Moving out of T&T: The Ins and Outs of Regional Trade

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November 2012

  • Distribution Agreements: Written Agreements Talk and Oral Assertions Walk
  • Our Right to Privacy: A Review of the Data Protection Act

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June 2012

  • Emerging Discrimination Claims Under the Equal Opportunity Act: What Employers Need to Know
  • Taking a New Stab at Piercing ‘the Corporate Veil’.
  • Electronic Transactions: Sign Here?
  • The Value of Trademark Registration

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March 2012

  • Registering Your Slogan as a Trademark
  • Cash is King – Are You Judgment Rich and Money Poor?
  • Electronic Transactions: Forming the Electronic Contract
  • Proposed Legislative Reforms to the Public Procurement Regime: A Review

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October 2011

  • Negligent Valuations… You Stand To Lose
  • Forging Ahead with Electronic Transactions
  • The Information Freeway: Is Your Company Exposed?

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May 2011

  • Still Paying for Crime Not to Pay
  • Workplace Injuries – Employers’ Duty and Liability

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November 2010

  • Endeavour Obligations: When doing your best is not the best you can do
  • Court Annexexed Mediation Comes to Trinidad and Tobago
  • Paying Again for Crime Not to Pay

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June 2010

  • Are You Lurking in the Shadows?
  • Senatorial Appointment – Timothy Hamel-Smith
  • Insider Trading
  • Paying for Crime Not to Pay

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April 2010

  • A Client’s Guide to Litigation
  • Mediation:  A Better Way to Solve Disputes?

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November 2009

  • Celebrating our Centenary
  • Enduring for 100 Years and Beyond
  • A Client’s Guide to Litigation
  • Expert Determination: A Quick and Inexpensive Solution

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January 2009

  • To sell or not to sell: A receiver’s dilemma?
  • Due diligence – Before you seal the deal?
  • Cross-border transactions managing the risks

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June 2008

  • Using Exclusion Clauses to Limit you Business Ricks: How effective are they?
  • Do Patients Have a Right to their Medical Records?

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February 2008

  • Be Careful What You Say: Representations and Non-Reliance Clauses
  • Twice The Commission for One Sale? The Risk of Double Estate Agent Commission

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August 2007

  • The Trinidad & Tobago Investment Policy 2007-2012: Investors Paradise?
  • Foreign Mutual Funds
  • A Guide to the Water Pollution Rules

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April 2007

  • New Proposed Trade Mark Legislation in Trinidad & Tobago
  • Raising Capital Through Trade Marks
  • Consumer Protection and the Law
  • Mala Fides and the Constitution: A Moot Point?

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December 2006

  • Consumer Protection and the Law
  • Risks And Duties Of Arrangers
  • The Environmental Management Authority and Natural Justice

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September 2006

  • Understanding Trinidad and Tobago’s New Maritime Boundaries
  • Residential Developments: Questions Frequently Asked by Purchasers

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May 2006

  • Cross Border Financing: The Challenges of Withholding Tax
  • Appellate Mooting Competition
  • Pre-Action Protocols – Crisis or Opportunity?

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January 2006

  • Transition Planning for the Not-So-Golden Years
  • Reducing the Risks of E-mail

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September 2005

  • Banks left Floating
  • The importance of making and updating my will

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May 2005

  • Corporate Governance in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Appellate Mooting Lessons

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