He graduated with a
BSc in Mechanical Engineering (
upper second class honours) from the
University of the West Indies in 1980. He worked as an engineer at Trintoplan Consultants Limited in
Trinidad and at
Schlumberger in
Libya. and convicted felon who fled Trinidad after surviving an attempted shooting. LATT conducted its investigation and voted to report Archie to the
Prime Minister, who has sole authority in Trinidad and Tobago for recommending discipline and removal of judges. Prime Minister
Keith Rowley declined to pursue impeachment, saying that he had been advised there was a "lack of evidence". Archie retired as chief justice on October 22, 2025. Despite a
constitutional amendment in 2020 which had changed the retirement age of the chief justice from 65 to 70, Archie indicated that it had always been his intention to retire at the age of 65. ==References==