Senior attorney feted in Kalutara Bar

Sarath Malalasekera

It was an important day in the history of the Kalutara Bar when all senior and junior members assembled to pay tribute to a distinguished member of the Kalutara Bar, senior attorney-at-law Amarawansa Ladduwahetty on his completing 50 years of practice.

After unveiling the portrait of Ladduwahetty at the Kalutara Law Library, former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Priyanatha Perera said he remembers Ladduwahetty as a senior member of the Kalutara Bar at the time he (Justice Priyantha Perera) commenced his career as an attorney of the Supreme Court in Kalutara.

As a junior member of the Bar he was very much impressed by Ladduwahetty's great ability as a counsel on the civil side.

'Ladduwahetty's firm grasp of legal principles and the thoroughness with which he researched a point of law was indeed amazing'.

Ladduwahetty's great persuasive powers won for him the confidence of both the Bench and the Bar, the former Supreme Court Judge said. "I wish Ladduwahetty many more successful years at this Bar, I am happy to observe that three of his sons have followed the footsteps of their illustrious father and are today performing tremendously well in the profession," the former SC Judge said.