Profile

Dianne Mano

Dianne Mano

 diannemanolegal@gmail.com

 dianne.mano@hotmail.com

+1 868 627 8419 ext. 2

Admissions

Attorney at Law in the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago (2014) 

Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (2013)

Practice areas

  • Commercial Law
  • Land Law
  • Civil and Criminal Litigation
  • Family Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • Public Utilities Law
  • Labour Law
  • Trusts and Estate Law
  • Banking Law
  • Public and Administrative Law
  • Construction Law
  • AML/CFT Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Personal Injuries Law
  • Settlement of disputes

Summary

Dianne is an Attorney at Law, a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. Dianne joined Trinity Chambers in September 2014.

Dianne was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago in 2014 after obtaining her Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School.  While at Hugh Wooding Law School, Dianne won the Gilbert Peterson S.C. Outstanding Performance Prize for the Law of Evidence and Forensic Medicine, participated in the Corporate and General Law Clinics and graduated on the Principal’s Roll of Honor. In 2011, Dianne graduated from the University of London with her Bachelor of Laws (Honours). 

Dianne is a Fellow with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (ICATT).  In 2017, Dianne was appointed as an executive member of the Council of ICATT and she currently serves as an ex officio member of the Disciplinary Tribunal and a member of the Legislative Committee. Dianne also previously served as the Vice-Chairman of the Investigations and Rules Committees and was instrumental in the design Institute’s investigation, disciplinary and appeals processes’ guidelines.  Also, in June 2019, Dianne was appointed as an Alternate Director at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC).

Dianne also became a Member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) in 2013.

Prior to joining Trinity Chambers in 2014, Dianne was an auditor at one of the ‘Big 4’ audit firms where she audited several companies in the finance, tourism, energy, manufacturing, retail and distribution, automotive, food and pharmaceuticals sectors and where she gained significant auditing and accounting experience.  Dianne also worked at the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Finance in Trinidad and Tobago where she gained valuable experience in the AML/CFT field. 

Since joining Trinity Chambers, Dianne has engaged in complex litigation before the Magistrates’ Court, the High Court, the Industrial Court, the Court of Appeal and the Tax Appeal Board. Some of the areas of law Dianne practices include civil, corporate and commercial, compliance, revenue and taxation, intellectual property, personal injuries, employment, family, immigration, estate, land and criminal.

Education

2008 School of Business & Computer Science 

      Association of Chartered Certified  Accountants – Professional Qualification

2011 – University of London

      Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

2014 – Hugh Wooding Law School 

       Legal Education Certificate (Principal Roll of Honour)

2015 – Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

       Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist

 

 

Professional memberships

Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Member)

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (Fellow)

Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (Member)

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (Member)