Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
To practice law in Sri Lanka one must be admitted and enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. This is achieved by passing law exams at the Sri Lanka Law College which are administered by the Council of Legal Education and spending a period of six months under a practicing attorney of at least eight years standing as an ...
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
Sri Lanka Law College: President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: Jayantha Jayasuriya† 29 April 2019 – present 29 April 2019 – 10 October 2024 2,108 [12] 2,108 [13] Sirisena: Attorney General of Sri Lanka: Yasantha Kodagoda† 24 January 2020 – present —
Wikramanayake was admitted to the bar in Sri Lanka in 1980, having attended the Sri Lanka Law College.He later obtained master's degrees in law from the schools of law at the Vrije Universitiet, Brussels, Belgium, the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, US, and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Massachusetts, US, and ...
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.
Toggle the table of contents. ... {Public holidays in Sri Lanka | state = expanded}} ... This page was last edited on 16 March 2024, ...
Thurairaja qualified as an attorney-at-law in 1988 and joined the Attorney General's Department in 1989. [4] He rose up the ranks to become Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor General and Additional Solicitor General. [5] [6] [7] He was a high court judge in Fiji. [8] [9] He was appointed President's Counsel in 2016. [4]
The attorney general of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan government's chief legal adviser, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The attorney general is usually a highly respected senior advocate, and is appointed by the ruling government. The current attorney general is Parinda Ranasinghe Jnr.