Ameer Ismail is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and a former Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, Sri Lanka.

Education

Ismail was educated at Wesley College, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He obtained the Bachelor of Laws degree from the

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in 1967 and then passed out as an Advocate from the

Sri Lanka Law College Sri Lanka Law College (abbreviated as SLLC), formerly known as Ceylon Law College, is a law college, and the only legal institution where one can enroll as a attorney-at-law in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1874, under the then Council of Legal ...

. He was enrolled and admitted as an Advocate of the

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය, Sri Lanka Sreshthadikaranaya; ta, இலங்கை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், Ilankai uyar neetimanram) is th ...

in 1969. Ismail has obtained a Diploma in International Air Law from the

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, Netherlands in 1983. He has followed a course in 1998, in Dispute Resolution organized by the Institute for the Study and Development of Legal Systems in the

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Career

He joined the Attorney-General's Department (Sri Lanka) as a Crown Counsel in 1971 after a brief period of practice in the unofficial bar. He served the Department for a period of 12 years as a State Counsel and as a Senior State Counsel. He was absorbed into the judiciary in 1983 as a High Court Judge. After serving in various stations as a Judge of the High Court exercising original jurisdiction, he was promoted as a Judge of the Court of Appeal in 1990. He became the President of the Court of Appeal in 1998. He was then elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1999. During his tenure as a Supreme Court Judge, he served as a Member of the Judicial Service Commission. He was also appointed a Member of the Council of Legal Education. He retired as a Supreme Court Judge in 2002. Ismail was appointed as the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption by Her Excellency the President on the recommendation of the ''Constitutional Council'' in March 2005 for a period of five years ending March 2010.

References

External links

Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, Sri Lanka

IT Development Organization of Sammanthurai

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Lanka Foundation

Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Foundation - Memorial Orations

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ismail, Ameer Living people Alumni of Wesley College, Colombo Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka High Courts of Sri Lanka judges Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka Year of birth missing (living people)