U.R. De Silva elected Bar Association President

Udaya Rohan De Silva, a senior criminal practitioner, has been elected President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. 

An Old Boy of Ananda College, Colombo, De Silva was called to the Bar in 1983. Since then he has been engaged in active criminal practice not confined to Colombo but island-wide and appeared in numerous sensational trials including Trial-at-Bar proceedings. De Silva served as BASL Treasurer in 2008.