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Bar Association Of Sri Lanka
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (shortened to BASL) is the Bar Association in Sri Lanka. The Institute was established in 1974, amalgamating the ''Bar Council of Sri Lanka'' which represented the Advocates and ''Law Society of Sri Lanka'' represented the Proctors, after the amalgamation of both branches into a group of practitioners called the Attorneys-at-law under the ''Justice Law No. 44 of 1973 ''. Membership is optional for any Attorney-at-law. Traditionally the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka is considered the head of the unofficial bar.{{cite news , title=‘GOODBYE TO FIRST-EVER LADY CJ OF SRI LANKA’: BASL PRESIDENT , url=https://www.mfa.gov.lk/goodbye-to-first-ever-lady-cj-of-sri-lanka-basl-president/ , accessdate=4 May 2020 , publisher=Daily FT Past Presidents * Hector Wilfred Jayewardene, QC (1975 - 1977) * Eardley Perera, PC (1977 - 1979) * A. C. Gooneratne, QC (1979 - 1981) * A. C. de Zoysa (1981 - 1983) * Herman J C Perera (1983 - 1985) * Nimal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the Municipality. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is itself within the urban/suburban area of Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjith Abeysuriya
Deshamanya Ranjith Abeysuriya, PC (1932 - 23 May 2014) was a Sri Lankan lawyer. He was the chairman of the National Police Commission, director public prosecutions of the Attorney General's Department, president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and member of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and the Royal College, Colombo before attending the newly established law department of the University of Ceylon along with Lakshman Kadirgamar. Passing the law exams at the Sri Lanka Law College he became an advocate in 1955 and began his practice in Galle. Thereafter he joined the Attorney General's Department as Crown Counsel and in 1968 gained a master's degree in Public Law from the Stanford University. In 1975 he became the director public prosecutions at the Attorney General's Department, however left to join the unofficial bar following political victimization. In 1988, he was appointed a President's Counsel. In 1991 he was elected as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Associations Based In Sri Lanka
A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skills necessary to perform their specific role within that profession. In addition, most professionals are subject to strict codes of conduct, enshrining rigorous ethical and moral obligations. Professional standards of practice and ethics for a particular field are typically agreed upon and maintained through widely recognized professional associations, such as the IEEE. Some definitions of "professional" limit this term to those professions that serve some important aspect of public interest and the general good of society.Sullivan, William M. (2nd ed. 2005). ''Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America''. Jossey Bass.Gardner, Howard and Shulman, Lee S., The Professions in America Today: Crucial but Fragile. Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organizations Established In 1974
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from the Greek word ''organon'', which means tool or instrument, musical instrument, and organ. Types There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, political organizations, international organizations, armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, and educational institutions, etc. A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on jurisdiction, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Establishments In Sri Lanka
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the Germany national football team, German national team won the championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General's Department (Sri Lanka)
The Attorney General's Department is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka that supports the attorney general and his/her deputy the solicitor general. The department is headed by the attorney general and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Justice. The office of "Attorney General" was formally adopted in the year 1884. Operational functions Attorney General's Department provides legal assistance to the Central Government, Provincial Councils, Government Departments, Statutory Boards and other Semi Government institutions. Legal officers of the Department provide instructions to the Government and Governmental Institutions on Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Commercial matters and represent the Government and Governmental Institutions for the Cases, instituted in the Supreme Court, other Courts and labor tribunals in the Island. Organisation Three main Divisions named Civil Division, Criminal Division and State Attorney Division have been established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saliya Pieris
Saliya Pieris, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer, and former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. Pieris is an Eisenhower Fellow. He is also an alumnus of the Dealing with the Past (DwP) Programme, Switzerland and IVLP, USA. He began his career as a prosecutor in the Attorney General’s Department. Later, he served as the First Chairman of the Office on Missing Persons from February 2018 to September 2020, which was created as part of Sri Lanka's reconciliation mechanism. Additionally, he was also a Member of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka between October 2015 and March 2018. ''LMD'' magazine titled him as "Sri Lankan of The Year", for his efforts during the 2022 protests that were held in Sri Lanka. ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalinga Indatissa
Kalinga Nandaka Indatissa PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer and former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. He is also a legal academic. He has also held public office on several occasions and has represented clients in foreign jurisdictions. Indatissa is a prolific writer. In 2018, Indatissa was awarded for his leadership in promoting sustainable development goals, by Sri Lanka United Nations Friendship Organisation. As an act of recognition for the role has actively played, being a role model and model leader, and for his efforts in the field of law. Early life and education Born on September 12, 1965, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He received his early education at St. Mary's College Kegalle and Royal College Colombo. In 1982, at the age of 17, he enrolled at Sri Lanka Law College, where he excelled in his studies. Indatissa received a 1st Class pass at the 1st Year Examination and at the 3rd Year Examination. Indatissa entered the Bar in 1986.. Legal career After taking oaths, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, MP, PC (born 16 March 1959) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is the current Minister of Justice and previously served in the same ministry from 2015 to 2017. He was the Prime Minister's nominee for the Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka) During the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis, he had briefly served as the Minister of Education and Higher Education and his post was suspended by the court in 2018. Political career In May 2004 he was appointed as a Member of Parliament to represent the ruling Party, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and was offered the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs which was refused by him. Later he continued as the only Member of Parliament on the government side, without holding any portfolio. Following the 2005 presidential elections, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed him as the Minister of State Banking Development in November 2005, but he resigned in April 2006 on a matter of policy. He also resigned from the post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shibly Aziz
Mohamed Shibly Aziz, PC (1943 – 8 October 2018) was a Sri Lankan lawyer. He served as Attorney General of Sri Lanka from 1995 to 1996 and served in the Constitution Council of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2018. Education Educated at Royal College, Colombo from 1954 to 1963, he graduated with an LL.B. with Honours from the University of Ceylon in Peradeniya. Thereafter, he proceeded to the United Kingdom and obtained an LL.M. from the University of London and Diploma in Shipping and Maritime Law and Diploma in Air and Space Law from the London Institute of World Affairs. Legal career Attorney-General's department Shibly Aziz took oaths in 1968 as an Advocate and was in 1969 appointed a Crown Counsel in the Attorney-General's Department. Having become a State Counsel in 1972, when Sri Lanka became a republic, he was appointed President's Counsel in 1988 while he was holding the substantive post of Deputy Solicitor General, unique in the Attorney General's Department. He was promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eardley Perera
John Eardley Russel Perera PC (20 October 1925 - 31 December 2004) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and the 2nd president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (1977–78). He was a member of the Law Commission and the Council of Legal Education. Mr. Perera was in the first batch of President's Counsel appointed in 1981, having refused silk as a Queen's Counsel in 1967. Early life and education Born on 20 October 1925, in Moratuwa, he was the third son, of Mr. and Mrs. C.S.A. Perera. Perera received his initial education at St. Bridget’s Convent in Colombo and subsequently attended St. Sebastian’s College for the latter. His father was a Proctor of the Supreme Court and Notary Public, his elder brother Herman J.C. Perera was a proctor and was also a subsequent BASL President (being the only Proctor to do so), and President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ceylon, and his uncles Shelton de Silva and Andrew de Silva were leading lawyers as well. Eardley and Herman are only two brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
