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President’s Counsel, Saliya Peiris and Kuvera de Zoysa to vie for BASL presidency
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Saliya Peiris PC
Two President’s Counsel, Saliya Peiris and Kuvera de Zoysa, have declared their candidature for the Presidency of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) in 2021.
Elections for the next office-bearers of the association of members of the country’s legal fraternity is expected to be held in February or March next year.
Mr. Pieris, PC was Deputy President of the BASL from 2015-2017. Over a period of time he chaired several standing Committees of the Bar Association including the National Law Conference (2008), the Human Rights Committee (2009), the Continuing Legal Education Committee (2017) and the Practical Training Commitee (2019). He is also a lecturer in law.
Kuvera de Zoysa PC
Prior to joining the unofficial bar in 1997 he was a State Counsel from 1992 to 1997. Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in 1992, he was President of the Law Students ‘Union. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Open University of Sri Lanka, a Master’s Degree in International Business Law from the University of London.
Mr. de Zoysa, PC has been Chairman of the National Law Conference in 2014 and 2015, Chairman of the National Law week in 2017, Chairman of the Social and Welfare Committee of the BASL in 2017, Chairman of the Junior Bar Committee which oversees the affairs of over 8,000 members of the Junior Bar in 2018 and 2019 and a resource person in continuous learning an educational programmes of the BASL in the areas of Intellectual Property Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial litigation, Arbitration and Company Law.