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Ms. Grace Bhagwandeen

Ms. Grace Bhagwandeen

LLB LEC LLM 

Grace Bhagwandeen attained her Bachelor of Laws Degree with First Class Honours at the University Of The West Indies, St. Augustine in 2013. She was also the Valedictorian for her graduating class. She then attained her Legal Education Certificate from Hugh Wooding Law School in 2015. She was admitted to practise law in Trinidad and Tobago in 2015. After admission to practise, she began to work in private practice in Trinidad and Tobago in the area of property law and company law. She then worked at the Public Service Appeal Board of Trinidad and Tobago as a Legal Research Officer. She then was admitted to the bar in Guyana in September 2019 and worked in Guyana in the area of criminal law. She continued in private practice in Trinidad and Tobago in the area of corporate law, where she then pursued her Master of Laws Degree in Corporate and Commercial Law with Distinction at the University of The West Indies, St. Augustine from 2020-2021. She joined the Faculty of Law in September 2022 and has taught Contract Law, Criminal Law, Law and Legal Systems, Company Law, Real Property, Legal Methods, Research and Writing, and has been one of the supervisors for the Supervised Independent Research Paper. She has a passion for corporate and commercial law and human rights particularly women’s rights and children’s rights and is currently publishing in these areas. Her areas of academic interest are property law, company law, corporate law, criminal law, intellectual property law, oil and gas law and the rights of the child and the rights of women.

Grace.Bhagwandeen@uwi.edu
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Degrees:

  • LL.M. Corporate and Commercial Law with Distinction (UWI)
  • Legal Education Certificate (Hugh Wooding Law School)
  • LL.B. Bachelor of Laws Degree (UWI) with First Class Honours

Teaching Interests:

  • Law and Legal Systems
  • Company Law
  • Corporate Management
  • Corporate Insolvency
  • Corporate Finance
  • Criminal Law
  • Property Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Contract Law

 

Research Interests:

  • Company Law
  • Corporate Management
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Insolvency Law
  • Property Law
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Contract Law
  • Caribbean Human Rights Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Oil and Gas Law
  • Criminal Law

PhD Supervision Interests:

  • Company Law- directors’ duties, unanimous shareholder agreement, legislative reform
  • International Human Rights Law – rights of vulnerable groups specifically women and children
  • Caribbean Human Rights Law- rights of vulnerable groups specifically women and children
  • Contract Law – unfair contract terms
  • Property Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Corporate Finance Law
  • Corporate management Law
  • Corporate Insolvency Law

Journal Articles:    

1. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘Is legislative intervention the solution to the controversy surrounding the Great Peace decision in the doctrine of common mistake?’, Supervised Independent Research Paper (2012), Faculty of Law, University Of The West Indies, Student Law Review, University Of The West Indies.

2. Grace Bhagwandeen, Dr. Justin Koo, ‘Caribbean Intellectual Property Controversies: The Steelpan’ (2022), Intellectual Property Archipelago Blog, <http://archipelago.blogspot.com>

    Publication – In Progress:

    1. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘Conflicts of interests in Company Law transactions and Political affiliations’Area of Research: Company Law, Oil and Gas law

    2. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘The Role of Corporate Governance in Combatting Financial crime: A Caribbean Perspective.’

    3. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘Copyright Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean.’Area of Research: Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Law

    4. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘Trademarks and its complexities in the law’Area of Research: Intellectual Property Law, Trademark Law

    5. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘The Rights of a Child- Giving a voice to the voiceless. Area of Research: Human Rights Law.

    6. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘The rise of Corporate Insolvency in the Commonwealth Caribbean’ Area of Research: Company Law, Corporate Insolvency Law

    7. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘Law and morality in the debate of the death penalty.’Area of Research: Criminal Law

    8. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘Domestic violence against women in the Caribbean- It is time for women to stand up for their rights’Area of Research: Criminal Law, Human Rights

    9. Grace Bhagwandeen, ‘The Privy Council versus The Caribbean Court of Justice- The Modern-Day Chains of Colonialism.’Area of Research: Constitutional Law

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