Mr. Elton Prescott, SC
Commissioner, RJLSC
One of two nominated jointly by the Bar or Law Associations of the Contracting Parties, Trinidad & Tobago –
[Article V.1 (g)]
Biography
Mr. Elton Prescott, SC was admitted to practice at the Bar in Trinidad and Tobago in 1974 and has had a varied practice firstly in the Ministry of Legal Affairs and, from 1978, at the criminal and civil bar and in the Industrial Court; the major areas of his practice are in civil and labour law. He chaired the Commission of Enquiry into the Death Penalty, 1989/90 and has served on several prominent institutions including as Director of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (1990-6), the Copyright Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago and as Treasurer and member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago.