Prakash Moosai (born 4 November 1959) is a Trinidadian
cricket
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er and a Justice of Appeal for the
Supreme Court of Judicature for Trinidad and Tobago. He played in twenty
first-class and eight
List A
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matches for
Trinidad and Tobago from 1981 to 1986.
Career
He received his
LLB
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from the
University of the West Indies
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,
St. Augustine
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campus in 1979. He then obtained a
Legal Education Certificate from the
Hugh Wooding Law School and was
called to the bar
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in 1981.
He spent sixteen years in private practice. He was appointed a temporary judge on 15 September 1997 and then became a permanent
puisine judge of the High Court on 1 March 1998. Moosai was appointed a Justice of Appeal on 16 September 2013. He sat on the Adoption Board of Trinidad and Tobago and is on the
steering committee for the drug treatment court.
Cricket career
He was captain of the teams at
St. Mary’s College and the Tunapuna Hindu Primary School. He was on the Under-19 and Senior National Teams and captain of the West Indies Lawyer’s Cricket team. Moosai is a member of the
Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board The Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) is the ruling body for cricket in Trinidad and Tobago. The current board was incorporated in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago under Act No. 34 of 1989.
History
The authority was originally establi ...
Disciplinary Committee
and chairman of the Past Cricketers Society, which raises money for former cricket players facing medical problems.
See also
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List of Trinidadian representative cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team in the West Indies. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all t ...
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
Trinidad and Tobago cricketers
20th-century Trinidad and Tobago judges
University of the West Indies alumni
21st-century Trinidad and Tobago judges