HIGHLIGHTS
Academic Background
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill: Bachelor of Science Degree with Double Major (BSc) University of the West Indies, Cave Hill: Bachelor of Laws (LLB) University of the West Indies, Cave Hill: Master of Laws in Corporate and Commercial Law (LLM)
Experience
Over 22 years of legal experience Admitted to practice in 13 jurisdictions (Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana; Barrister and Solicitor in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St Kitts & Nevis) Primary focus on Commercial Litigation, Administrative law, Admiralty, Employment and Labour, and Construction disputes
Notable Achievements
Successfully argued the first Employment Law matter to the Caribbean Court of Justice from the Court of Appeal of Barbados (Sandy Lane Hotel case) Lead counsel in historic CCJ case of Clarence Sealy v R (2016) establishing jury direction principles Successfully urged CCJ to reverse Barbados Court of Appeal in landmark 2018 decision for Sandy Lane Hotel Successfully argued first Employment Rights Act matter in CCJ (Chefette Restaurants v Orlando Harris, 2020) Former Regional Head of Litigation for the largest Global Law Firm in the world Ranked in Chambers Global for Caribbean Wide Dispute Resolution
Satcha S-C. S. Kissoon
Satcha S-C. S. Kissoon has over 22 years of experience and is admitted to practice in 13 jurisdictions, as an Attorney-at-Law in Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and as a Barrister and Solicitor in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St Kitts & Nevis.
Satcha was formerly the Regional Head of Litigation for the largest Global Law Firm in the world. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with Double Major (BSc), a Bachelors in Law (LLB), and a Masters of Law in Corporate and Commercial Law (LLM). Satcha has successfully argued before all levels of Court in the Caribbean in all areas of the law with a primary focus on Commercial Litigation, Administrative law, Admiralty, Employment and Labour and Construction disputes. He has regularly appeared before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which replaced the Privy Council for Barbados.
Notably, he argued the first Employment Law m atter to the Caribbean Court of Justice from the Court of Appeal of Barbados where he successfully urged the CCJ to reverse the decision of the Court of Appeal of Barbados on behalf of Sandy Lane Hotel. He also appeared as lead counsel in the historic CCJ case of Clarence Sealy v R in 2016 where the CCJ endorsed and laid down principles on which a trial judge is required to direct a jury.
He again successfully urged the Caribbean Court of Justice to set aside the Barbados Court of Appeal in 2018 in a landmark decision, and again for Sandy Lane Hotel, which decision has changed the procedure of appeals to the Court of Appeal. In 2020 he urged the CCJ to reverse the Court of Appeal in the first m atter arising from the Employment Rights Act to be argued in the CCJ, in Chefette Restaurants v Orlando Harris. Acting for Chefette, he argued successfully that the Tribunal's unfettered approach to dam ages was wrong. This decision has now limited the dam ages that the Tribunal can award.
Satcha sat as a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Barbados Bar Association for 6 years. He also tutored at the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies. He sits as on the Management Committee of the Barbados Yacht Club.
Satcha has been highlighted as a notable practitioner and continues to be ranked in Chambers Global for Caribbean Wide Dispute Resolution.