Neville Dunbar Mirahawatte Samarakoon served as the thirty sixth Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1984. He began practicing as an advocate in 1945, served as Crown Counsel around 1948 to 1951, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1968, having also served on the Sri Lankan Bar Council and its Disciplinary Board for Lawyers before his appointment as Chief Justice.
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1. Neville Samarakoon (Wikipedia)
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His father was A.
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Neville Dunbar Mirahawatte Samarakoon, Q.
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Neville Dunbar Mirahawatte Samarakoon, Q.
Member Of: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Lead section
He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1977, a post he would hold until retiring in 1984.
In Legal System: Law of Sri Lanka, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Sri Lankan lawyer
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Wikidata Q4406298, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1919
Wikidata Q4406298, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1919-10-22
Wikidata Q4406298, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1990
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