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James Aboud

b. 1956

Trinidad and Tobago High Court judge and poet

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Born 1956. James Aboud is a judge and poet.

James Christopher Aboud (born 1956) is a Trinidad and Tobago judge and poet. He has published two volumes of poetry, The Stone Rose and Lagahoo Poems (2003). He was appointed as a judge of the High Court and on 30 October 2020, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal.

Personal life Aboud was born in 1956 in Woodbrook, a neighbourhood of Port of Spain, Trinidad. He is the son of Jimmy Aboud, a businessman who was called the "Textile King" due to his ownership of a fabric shop, and Lily Elias Aboud. He is of Syrian-Lebanese ancestry.

Literary career Aboud's poems are published under his full name. He has published two volumes of poetry: The Stone Rose (1986) and Lagahoo Poems (2003). Aboud's work has been published in various literary magazines and Caribbean anthologies. In 2004, he was awarded the James Rodway Poetry Prize by Derek Walcott. He was also the judge for the case of Jack Warner v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, in which the extradition to the United States of former FIFA executive Jack Warner was being contested. On 28 September 2017, Aboud issued a 50-page decision, allowing the extradition while granting Warner 28 days for an additional appeal.

On 30 October 2020, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal.

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Trinidad and Tobago High Court judge and poet

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· Wikidata: Q20090051

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