Thisath Wijayagunawardane
President’s Counsel Lawyer
Private Legal Practitioner practicing for over 25 years as a counsel, having an extensive practice in the Supreme Court, other Appellate Courts and the Courts of First Instance of Sri Lanka
- Council Member- The Incorporated Council of Legal Education
- Commissioner- Law Commission of Sri Lanka
- Former Commissioner – Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka
- Chairman , Gem & Mineral Mining Federation of Sri Lanka
- Retained by several Corporate/Commercial clients for legal advice and Consultancy.
The areas of law specialized in,
- Commercial Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Administrative Law
- Fundamental Rights
- Land Law
- Family Law
Council Member- The Incorporated Council Of Legal Education – The Incorporated Council of Legal Education is headed by his Lordship the Chief Justice. The Council supervise and control the Legal Education of students desiring to qualify themselves as Attorneys-at-Law.
Commissioner- Law Commission of Sri Lanka – The Commissioners of the Law Commission are appointed by His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka and as a commissioner I perform the duties of taking and keeping under review the law both substantive and procedural, with a view to its systematic development and reform and keeping under review the system of legal education in Ceylon and formulate programs for the reform and development of legal education.
Former Commissioner – Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka – as a Commissioner I performed the duties of operating an efficient Legal Aid Scheme throughout Sri Lanka.
