A. Gnanathasan, the Glossary
Aiyathurai Gnanathasan is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, President's Counsel and Additional Solicitor General.[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: Attorney at law, Attorney General's Department (Sri Lanka), Barristers' chambers, Batticaloa, Call to the bar, Chavakachcheri, Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Dominion of Ceylon, Faculties and institutions of University of Colombo, Hartley College, Jaffna, Jaffna College, Master of Laws, President's Counsel, Senior counsel, Solicitor General of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Law College, Sri Lankan Tamils, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Supreme Court of Tasmania, The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), University of the West Indies, Visiting scholar.
- Alumni of Hartley College
- Alumni of Jaffna College
- Alumni of Sri Lanka Law College
- People from Chavakachcheri
Attorney at law
Attorney at law or attorney-at-law, usually abbreviated in everyday speech to attorney, is the preferred term for a practising lawyer in certain jurisdictions, including South Africa (for certain lawyers), Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and the United States.
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Attorney General's Department (Sri Lanka)
The Attorney General's Department is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka that supports the attorney general and his/her deputy the solicitor general.
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Barristers' chambers
In law, a barrister's chambers or barristers' chambers are the rooms used by a barrister or a group of barristers.
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Batticaloa
Batticaloa (மட்டக்களப்பு, Maṭṭakkaḷappu; මඩකලපුව, Maḍakalapuwa) is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital.
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Call to the bar
The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to the bar".
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Chavakachcheri
Chavakachcheri (சாவகச்சேரி Cāvakaccēri, ජාවකච්චේරි Jāvakachchēri) is a town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is an international programme under which Commonwealth governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries.
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Daily News (Sri Lanka)
The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.
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Dominion of Ceylon
CeylonThe Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947 uses the name "Ceylon" for the new dominion; nowhere does that Act use the term "Dominion of Ceylon", which although sometimes used was not the official name.
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Faculties and institutions of University of Colombo
The University of Colombo currently has seven faculties with 41 academic departments and two interdependent schools with five academic departments.
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Hartley College
Hartley College (ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி Hāṭlik Kallūri) is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.
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Jaffna
Jaffna (translit,; translit) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
Jaffna College
Jaffna College is a private school in Vaddukoddai, Sri Lanka.
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Master of Laws
A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: Magister Legum or Legum Magister) is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject.
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President's Counsel
A President's Counsel (postnominal PC) is an eminent lawyer who is appointed by the President of Sri Lanka as an individual "learned in the law". A. Gnanathasan and President's Counsel are President's Counsels (Sri Lanka).
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Senior counsel
The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire.
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Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
The solicitor general of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the attorney general of Sri Lanka.
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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 an Attorney-at-Law in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan Tamils
Sri Lankan Tamils, also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. A. Gnanathasan and Sri Lankan Tamils are Sri Lankan Tamil people.
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Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales.
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Supreme Court of Tasmania
The Supreme Court of Tasmania is the highest State court in the Australian State of Tasmania.
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The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
The Sunday Times is a weekly Sri Lankan broadsheet initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by Wijeya Newspapers.
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University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Visiting scholar
In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting scientist, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic for which the visitor is valued.
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See also
Alumni of Hartley College
- A. Gnanathasan
- A. Thurairajah
- A. Veluppillai
- C. J. Eliezer
- C. J. T. Thamotheram
- C. Loganathan
- Captain Miller (Tamil militant)
- Ian Karan
- J. M. Rajaratnam
- K. Alvapillai
- K. B. Ratnayake
- K. D. Arulpragasam
- K. Ganeshalingam
- K. Kanapathypillai
- M. Nadarajasundaram
- Murugesu Sivapalan
- P. B. Premachandra
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
- Rudra Rajasingham
- S. Srisatkunarajah
- Shankar (Tamil militant)
- T. E. Anandaraja
- V. Anandasangaree
Alumni of Jaffna College
- A. Arulpiragasam
- A. Gnanathasan
- A. T. Moorthy
- A. V. Kulasingham
- Allen Abraham
- D. J. Ambalavanar
- Joseph Sarvananthan
- K. Arulanandan
- K. Balasingam
- K. Indrapala
- K. Thurairatnam
- P. Sriskandarajah
- Ponnambalam Nagalingam
- Rajani Thiranagama
- S. A. Raheem
- S. Arasaratnam
- S. Jebanesan
- S. Kulendran
- S. Pathmanathan
- S. R. Kanaganayagam
- S. Sivanayagam
- Silan Kadirgamar
- Valentine Daniel
- Waithilingam Duraiswamy
- Y. Balaretnarajah
Alumni of Sri Lanka Law College
- A. Gnanathasan
- Achala Wengappuli
- Chandra Ekanayake
- Eric Basnayake
- Eva Wanasundera
- G. P. S. de Silva
- Gamini Dissanayake
- Herbert Thambiah
- J. R. Jayewardene
- Janaprith Fernando
- Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
- K. Sripavan
- K. T. Chitrasiri
- Kandiah Neelakandan
- Lakshman Kiriella
- M. A. Sumanthiran
- Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Michael Dias
- Mohan Peiris
- N. E. Weerasooria
- Nalin Perera (judge)
- Namal Rajapaksa
- Nandasiri Jasentuliyana
- Palitha Fernando
- Parinda Ranasinghe
- Paul Perera
- Rauff Hakeem
- Reginald Tennekoon
- Saliya Pieris
- Sam Kadirgamar
- Sanjay Rajaratnam
- Sarath N. Silva
- Shiranee Tilakawardane
- Sisira de Abrew
- Siva Selliah
- Sobhitha Rajakaruna
- Soundarie David Rodrigo
- Suhada Gamlath
- Suppiah Sharvananda
- V. Manicavasagar
- Victor Tennekoon
- Visvanathan Rudrakumaran
- Yasantha Kodagoda
People from Chavakachcheri
- A. Gnanathasan
- M. Mohanan
- Nadarajah Raviraj
- S. Jebanesan
- Silan Kadirgamar
- V. N. Navaratnam