About
Suraj Sakal, Attorney-at-Law
Private practice at Fortis Chambers, Port of Spain.
Suraj Sakal
Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoriā
Suraj Sakal practises from Fortis Chambers in Port of Spain. The work runs from civil litigation, company formation and conveyancing through to corporate compliance, criminal defence, family matters and judicial review.
He came to private practice from the Caribbean Court of Justice, where he served as Judicial Counsel, and earlier from the Ministry of National Security, where he was an attorney. He is an adjunct lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and legal officer to the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers.
He also trains and advises on compliance: anti-money-laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) training for companies and for non-profit organisations, the conduct of annual general meetings, and corporate secretarial work.
In practice now
What is on the desk now.
Private practice
Fortis Chambers, Port of Spain.
Adjunct lecturer
University of the West Indies, St Augustine. He wrote the course manual and the materials that go with it.
The faculty page →Executive manager and legal officer
Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers. Governance, compliance and corporate secretarial work, and the drafting of its internal control, fraud, and harassment policies.
The Association →Judicial education
Work with the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers and the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute.
Grounding
Where the training comes from.
LLB (First Class Honours), University of the West Indies
Valedictorian. Most Outstanding Student. Dean's Honour Roll, all six semesters.
Legal Education Certificate, Hugh Wooding Law School
Principal's Roll of Honour. Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago prize.
LLM, Corporate and Commercial Law, University of the West Indies
Currently reading.
Certification
Trained past the degrees.
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ICA Specialist Certificate in Corporate Governance
International Compliance Association, University of Manchester. Distinction.
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Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of Terrorist Financing
SBCS.
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UNCITRAL International Commercial Arbitration
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UNCITRAL Mediation Framework
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CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science
Harvard University.
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CS50’s Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
Harvard University. Currently reading.
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Introduction to Fintech
University of Hong Kong.
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Membership
Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago. International Compliance Association. Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers.
Activities
Conferences, committees, and the rest of it.
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CJEI conference, New Delhi
Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute.
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Biennial conference, Bermuda
Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers.
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Biennial conference, Guyana
Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers. 2026.
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Referral training, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago
On the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.
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Referral training and sensitisation session
Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Inter-American Moot Court Competition, Washington DC
He represented the University of the West Indies.
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Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
Liaison officer for the Caribbean Court of Justice, managing the relationship between the two and coordinating exchanges.
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Law and Logic
An educational video series for the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers, conceived and assisted in producing.
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Faculty of Law mentorship programme
University of the West Indies.
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Artificial intelligence task force
Caribbean Court of Justice. Advising on the use, implementation and regulation of artificial intelligence.
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Twentieth anniversary planning committee
Caribbean Court of Justice.
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Steering committee, CCJ International Law Moot
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Moot committee
Hugh Wooding Law School.
In writing
Commentary
Short explanations for the person the problem is happening to, written in the order the questions actually arrive.
Publications
Longer work for legal readers. Papers, submissions and contributions, written with and for the bench.
Begin
Bring the papers.
Whatever exists — a deed, a charge sheet, a contract, a letter from the other side — and a short account of what happened.