In accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo, ORTT, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, appointed Justice Ricky Rahim a Judge of the Court of Appeal today, Tuesday September 2nd, 2025 at a ceremony held at the Office of the President. The Honourable Chief Justice Mr. Justice Ivor Archie ORTT, also attended the ceremony.
Justice Rahim, a graduate of the Hugh Wooding Law School, was called to the bar in 1994 and has been involved in many areas of the practice in the legal profession. He is a former State Counsel with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), one of the founding members of Alpha Law Chambers where he practiced civil, criminal and family law, a former Company Director as well as a former Member of the Board of St. Joseph College and former Chairman of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Statutory Authorities Service Commission. He has been the Course Director and Tutor of several subjects at the Hugh Wooding Law School for the past 20 years including Trial Advocacy, Evidence and Criminal Practice and Procedure and for the last 14 years, an Associate Tutor in Civil Procedure and Practice.
Justice Rahim was appointed to the High Court in October 2010 and has sat both in the Criminal and Civil High Court, the latter for almost 14 years thereby affording him very wide and diverse experience at the High Court. He has substantial experience in the Civil Courts having adjudicated on complex and weighty commercial disputes and land matters. He was the Chairman of the Civil Judges Calendaring and Case Management Committee for the last five years and is also a trained Judicial Settlement Officer.
Justice Rahim was the one of the two representatives of the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime meeting of High Level Judicial Officers of Latin America and the Caribbean in Brasilia, Brazil in 2024. He was also one of the two Judicial Officers selected from the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago to participate in The Caribbean Judicial Civil Asset Recovery Conference held by the U.S Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the National Center for State Courts in Miami USA. He has participated in several other conferences both within Trinidad and Tobago and elsewhere.
Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo, ORTT, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, congratulates Justice Ricky Rahim on his appointment.