Profile
Joseph Cowles
Joseph Cowles
joseph@lawtrinidad.com
+1 868 473 6277
Admissions
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales (2015)
Attorney at law of the Supreme Court of Trinidad & Tobago (2019)
Practice areas
- Civil procedure and litigation
- Arbitration
- Breach of contract
- Media and defamation
- Fraud
- Land and property law
- Debt recovery
- Corporate disputes
- Insolvency and bankruptcy
- Wills and inheritance disputes
Professional memberships
Law Association of Trinidad & Tobago
Law Society of England & Wales
Solicitors Regulatory Authority
Summary
Joseph completed his law degree at Durham University before attaining his Legal Practice Certificate at the University of Law, Bristol, where he attained a distinction. Following gaining experience at a Magic Circle law firm and at the Texas Defender Service, Joseph completed a training contract at Higgs & Sons Solicitors, a large corporate law firm in Birmingham, England. Joseph spent two years being trained in civil litigation, corporate law, trusts and probate law and criminal law. Joseph ultimately specialised in litigation and dispute resolution, which has formed the bulk of his busy practice since being admitted as a solicitor in 2015. At Higgs & Sons and then Ingram Winter Green LLP, in London, Joseph advised on a range of disputes. Joseph also regularly appeared before the County Courts. Joseph’s matters included contract disputes, fraud claims, land and property disputes, insolvency matters, company law disputes and defamation claims.
In September 2018, Joseph relocated to Trinidad, which is where his wife is from and has since been admitted to practise as an attorney in the Supreme Court of Judicature of Trinidad and Tobago, following successfully attaining a Legal Education Certificate from Hugh Wooding Law School.
Legal Experience
Trinity Chambers (2018 – Present)
Since joining Trinity Chambers, Joseph has been involved in a range of matters in Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and St. Lucia, including a high profile negligence action against a government body, defending various defamation claims against leading newspapers, land disputes, contract disputes and successful appeals to the Privy Council and the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal.
Ingram Winter Green LLP (2017 – 2018)
Joseph worked in IWG‘s litigation team, headed by the firm’s founding partner, David Ingram. Joseph specialised in property and land disputes, but also regularly dealt with insolvency and bankruptcy cases, debt recovery, business disputes and consumer claims. IWG is a busy and dynamic firm in the heart of Central London.
Higgs & Sons Solicitors (2013 – 2017)
Joseph joined Higgs & Sons as a trainee and undertook a two-year training programme with the firm’s dispute resolution, corporate, private client and crime departments. Joseph qualified into the commercial litigation team and spent two years practising as a solicitor in this area. During this time, Joseph acted for a broad range of clients in all aspects of dispute resolution and arbitration, including fraud, misrepresentation, shareholder and partnership disputes, breach of contract claims and cases involving wills, trusts and inheritance disputes.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer (2012 – 2013)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the world and a member of the ‘Magic Circle’ group of elite law firms. Joseph worked across the firm’s dispute resolution and corporate departments on various high profile litigation matters and high value corporate deals.
Education
2010 – Durham University
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
2012 – University of Law, Bristol
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC)
2019 – Hugh Wooding Law School
Legal Education Certificate
