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Upawansa Yapa PC was the 37th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka.
Early childhood
Upawansa Yapa was born on 2 November 1941 in Bandarawela, Sri Lanka.
Yapa received his education at Nalanda College Colombo and while at school, he led both Sinhala and English debating teams. He subsequently attended the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1960, where he obtained Bachelor of Arts degree.
Career
In 1965 Yapa joined the Ceylon Law College and was admitted as an advocate of Your Lordship's Court in February, 1969. He joined the Attorney General's Department as a Crown Counsel in 1970 and served in the Department's Criminal Division. Later he rose to the position of Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor General, Additional Solicitor General and finally as the Solicitor General.
He was appointed President's Counsel in September 1992. Yapa has appeared for the State in several important Criminal trials, including Sepala Ekanayake aircraft hijacking case.
References
Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers "Bench and Bar pay tribute to seven legal luminaries". 28 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
Attorney General's Department Sri Lanka "Permanent Holders of the Office of Solicitor General Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
Hulftsdorp Hill 17 January 1999 An honourable man was denigrated
Kobbekaduwa Commission Crisis: Bar to defend Upawansa Yapa
World: South Asia Sri Lanka torture goes unpunished
Minister cites personal reasons for two members quitting commission probing HR abuses
Tribute to seven distinguished members of Inner Bar
How an honourable man was belittled
මනම්පේරි ඝාතන කතාවේ සැඟවුනු රහස් - 04 "කොණ්ඩෙ පීර පීර හිටිය දරුව පොලිසියෙන් පැනල අරන් ගියා"
මානව හිමිකම් උල්ලංඝනය වීම් පිළිබඳ සොයාබැලීමට විශේෂ ජනාධිපති කොමිසමක් [2006.11.07
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- Upawansa Yapa
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- Denzil Kobbekaduwa
- P. L. D. Premaratne
- President's Counsel
- Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
- List of Nalanda College Colombo alumni
- K. C. Kamalasabayson
- List of University of Ceylon people
