Lawyers

Ian Benjamin

Position

Ian Benjamin SC practises throughout the Caribbean region, principally in Trinidad and Tobago. Ian was one of the founders of and is now the head of Bethany Chambers in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He is also admitted to practice in Dominica, Grenada and Anguilla.

Ian practises primarily in the broad commercial areas of banking, financial regulation, insolvency, insurance, professional negligence and contentious pension and tax and construction disputes.  In addition, he undertakes significant public law work including Commissions of Enquiry. He is well-regarded for his strategic advice and advocacy, particularly in appellate work and has made several appearances before the Privy Council. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a CEDR Mediator. He also accepts appointments as an arbitrator and has appeared in several ICC and ad hoc arbitrations.

Education

BA (Cantab.) 1986 LLM (Cantab.) 1987 LLM (Univ of Sydney) 2002