Jason Nathu

Criminal, Law Made Simple, Real Estate and Property

Offence of Abstracting Electricity

A UK man was recently arrested on suspicion of ‘abstracting electricity’, after charging his iPhone on a London Overground train. But did you know that…

Continuing Legal Education

Get Up, Stand Up. For Music in Trinidad and Tobago

“Get up, stand up. For music.” is the theme of World Intellectual Property Day, 2015. When Bob Marley and the Wailers laid down the opening…

Business, Intellectual Property, Law Made Simple

Carnival, Photographs and Rights

As the Merry Monarch reigns over the next few days, hundreds of persons, including both masqueraders and spectators will be photographing the ‘Greatest Show On Earth’….

Estates and Probate, Law Made Simple

How To Make A Will

What are the formalities for making a Will in Trinidad and Tobago? Student Attorney Tamara Dolsingh explains how a Will is to be made for the…

Continuing Legal Education, Technology

Safer Internet Day 2015

I was invited by the St. Augustine Girls’ High School to present to their student body on the legal aspects on posting on social media,…

Human Rights, Labour and Employment, Law Made Simple

Religious Diversity and Discrimination in the workplace

Are you free to practice your religion in the workplace? Student Attorney Kara-Je Kellman examined the issue of religion and discrimination in the Trinidad and Tobago…

Family, Human Rights, Law Made Simple

Domestic Violence – rights and remedies

In an earlier post, I looked at the definition of domestic violence and the various types of abuse that would constitute an act of domestic…

Continuing Legal Education

Presenting on Copyright and Caribbean Carnival

On 6th January, 2015, I had the opportunity to present at the International Intellectual Property Law Association’s annual congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I…