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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News President of the Criminal Bar Association Israel Khan,SC, turns the pot at the CBA's Criminal Lawyers Can Cook event in St Joseph earlier this month. - ROGER JACOB OUTSPOKEN attorney, Senior Counsel Israel Khan called on all lawyers, particularly those at the criminal bar, to join the debate on the trial-by-jury issue currently garnering attention in the Parliament. Khan’s call was made at the Criminal Bar Association (CBA)’s first annual […]

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