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词条 Prasanna Jayawardena
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  1. Education

  2. Career

  3. Unofficial bar

  4. Supreme Court

  5. Family

  6. References

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Justice Prasanna Sujeewa Jayawardena, PC is a Sri Lankan judge and lawyer. He is a sitting puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, prior to which he was senior member of the Unofficial Bar.

Education

Jayawardena was educated at the Royal College Colombo and the University of Colombo, graduating in 1978 with a LLB (Honours).[1]

Career

He worked briefly as a research officer in the legal research division of Marga Institute, headed by Dr Neelan Tiruchelvam, PC. In 1979, he joined HSBC serving in many positions in Sri Lanka and overseas until 1989.[2]

Unofficial bar

He passed his attorneys final examination at the Sri Lanka Law College with a class and apprenticed under B.J. Fernando, PC. When Fernando retired in 1991, Jayawardena started his own practice, specializing in civil law, in the areas of commercial, banking, company, industrial and intellectual property law; appearing in the Commercial High Courts, District Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He was appointed a President's Counsel in 2012. An active member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka he served as its Deputy President in 2013 and 2014. He was also a visiting lecturer in Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo and at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.[2]

Supreme Court

Jayawardena was appointed to the Supreme Court as a judge by President Maithripala Sirisena in June 2016. In January 2017, he was appointed by President Sirisena to a three member Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry in the investigate the Bond Issuance at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which published its report in December 2017.[3]

Family

He is married with three children.

References

1. ^[https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/sunday-times-sri-lanka/20160710/282291024564844 ]
2. ^Prasanna Sujeewa Jayawardena takes oaths as Supreme Court Judge
3. ^[https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/sirisena-appoints-presidential-commission-to-investigate-bond-scam/ Sirisena Appoints Presidential Commission To Investigate Bond Scam]
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