User talk:Sumudu Premachandra

Sumudu Premachandra (Wickrama Karauarachchige Sumudu Upashantha Premachandra) is currently serving as a judge of High Court in Sri Lanka. He was born on 06/12/1967 in Colombo. He attended Royal College, Colombo 07 for his primary education. After completing his high school education (1974 to 1986), he entered in to the Sri Lanka Law College in 1988. Having completed all preliminary, intermediate and final attorneys at Law exams, he had done his apprenticeship under honorable Attorney General of Sri Lanka. He was called to the Bar on 11/06/1992. Thereafter, he started his private practice as an Attorney at Law in Central Province Kandy and he was attached to Marikar and Marikar Law Firm in Kandy under Mr. A.H.M. Jameel (JPUM). On 01/07/1998, he was appointed as a Judicial Officer in Sri Lanka. After the training of Sri Lanka Judges Institute under the Direction of J.F.A. Soza (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._A._Soza) and Douglas Wijeratne, he was posted as the Magistrate of Elpitiya first from 01/01/1999, thereafter, he served various parts in the country as the Magistrate of Anurdhapura, Magistrate of Kurunegala, District Judge of Anuradhapura, Magistrate of Kandy, Magistrate of Warakapola, Resident Magistrate of Nasinu-Fiji Islands, Additional District judge of Colombo, District Judge of Kegalle. Premachandra has national and international experience as a judicial officer and experienced judge. On 10/02/2014, he was elevated as a High Court Judge of Sri Lanka by the H.E. the President of Sri Lanka. As a High Court Judge he served many station in Sri Lanka such as Ampara, Kalmunai, Nuwara Eliya, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, and Kandy. He holds LL.B degree from Open University of Sri Lanka (1998), Master of Laws (LL.M) degree specializing Commercial Law from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom (2002) and he was conferred a Ph.D in Legal Anthropology in 2014 from the University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka. As judge, he has undergone extensive training and participated national and international conferences and seminars and has contributed to legal literature in many ways. (https://sab.academia.edu/SumuduPremachandra) Premachandra is married to Kusha Indumathi Walagedara, a senior Attorney at Law who is practicing law in Kandy Central Province of Sri Lanka. They have two Children, Muditha Pasan Premachandra and Dehami Pabasara Premachandra.