Nuwan Peiris
Nuwan Peiris is an Attorney-at-law (Sri Lanka) and a Partner in Peiris Law Associates. He is presently a civil litigation attorney and appears and advises on cases relating to international maritime law and international law of the sea. He is also the CEO of International Ocean Law Group - an advisory and a litigation body specializing in the field of Ocean Law.
In addition, he is a member of the National Ocean Affairs Committee of Sri Lanka (appointment by the Cabinet of Ministers, Sri Lanka) and a former Legal Consultant to UN-ILO on the Preparation of an Emergency Evacuation Response Plan for Migrant Workers for Sri Lanka.
In the past, he was retained for Interntional cases before the UN-ITLOS and was also a delegate representing his country on fisheries matters. He was formerly a State Counsel in the Attorney General’s Department, Sri Lanka and had held positions such as the Independent Counsel to Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Serious Violations of Human Rights in Sri Lanka 2007. He started his career as a Prosecuting Counsel in the Non-Summary Division of the Attorney General's Dept in 2004.
He is also a qualified Chartered Shipbroker (UK) and a Marine Surveyor. He holds MSc. Logistics (BCU-UK), LLM (Maritime Law) (IMO-IMLI), LLM (International Trade Law) (Wales), LL.B (O.U.S.L).
He is a Nippon Fellow of the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (UN-ITLOS) and an alumnus of The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS) - Germany.
He won the world price for Chartered Shipbrokers Exam 2006 (UK), that is the ARMAC Award, for obtaining the highest marks in the world for Port Agency along with two other national awards in 2006 - SLAVO Award and the Roche Award.
His academic writings are on areas of Law of the Sea, Shipping law, and Commercial Arbitration. He also contributes to shipping journals and newspapers on contemporary matters.
He is also a PADI SCUBA Dive Master and an endurance swimmer.
Address: 42/2, Chapel Lane,
Nugegoda,
Sri Lanka
[email protected]
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In addition, he is a member of the National Ocean Affairs Committee of Sri Lanka (appointment by the Cabinet of Ministers, Sri Lanka) and a former Legal Consultant to UN-ILO on the Preparation of an Emergency Evacuation Response Plan for Migrant Workers for Sri Lanka.
In the past, he was retained for Interntional cases before the UN-ITLOS and was also a delegate representing his country on fisheries matters. He was formerly a State Counsel in the Attorney General’s Department, Sri Lanka and had held positions such as the Independent Counsel to Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Serious Violations of Human Rights in Sri Lanka 2007. He started his career as a Prosecuting Counsel in the Non-Summary Division of the Attorney General's Dept in 2004.
He is also a qualified Chartered Shipbroker (UK) and a Marine Surveyor. He holds MSc. Logistics (BCU-UK), LLM (Maritime Law) (IMO-IMLI), LLM (International Trade Law) (Wales), LL.B (O.U.S.L).
He is a Nippon Fellow of the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (UN-ITLOS) and an alumnus of The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS) - Germany.
He won the world price for Chartered Shipbrokers Exam 2006 (UK), that is the ARMAC Award, for obtaining the highest marks in the world for Port Agency along with two other national awards in 2006 - SLAVO Award and the Roche Award.
His academic writings are on areas of Law of the Sea, Shipping law, and Commercial Arbitration. He also contributes to shipping journals and newspapers on contemporary matters.
He is also a PADI SCUBA Dive Master and an endurance swimmer.
Address: 42/2, Chapel Lane,
Nugegoda,
Sri Lanka
[email protected]
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Commercial Arbitration by Nuwan Peiris
In this case (see http://www.supremecourt.lk/images/documents/SC_Appeal_30_05_Final.pdf), the Sri
Lankan Supreme Court held that the application of a “beyond reasonable doubt” standard of proof in
civil arbitration cases involving fraud is not contrary to public policy. Further, the court considered the
issues of double insurance and arbitration costs under public policy and held that the arbitral tribunal
had not violated public policy.
Law of the Sea by Nuwan Peiris
Papers by Nuwan Peiris
Case - Law - National Level by Nuwan Peiris
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,” and in its short title referred to as the “Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution” [the Bill] was published as a Supplement in Part II of the Government Gazette of 29th July 2022 and was presented in Parliament by the Hon. Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms.
Written Submissions of the Petitioner
https://www.academia.edu/88120038/Determination_of_The_Twenty_Second_Amendment_to_the_Constitution
https://www.supremecourt.lk/images/documents/sc_sd_40.2022_49_2022.pdf
The concept of “Opposition” in Parliament and “Leader of the Opposition”, and other related concepts, are political concepts and are not capable of “constitutional definition and application”. Even the political definitions of such concepts are vague and controversial.
⎯ Would this esteemed Court by letting the concept of the “Leader of the Opposition” endure in the constitutional text cause a structural collapse of the Constitution?
⎯ Would the said structural collapse get heightened when the Leader of Opposition joins and forms a national government as envisaged by Article 47(4) in the Bill?
⎯ Would the said anomaly lead to a litany of unwarranted and unsolvable cases before this esteemed Court that would require the Court to ‘define’ and ‘apply’ what Constitutes “opposition”, “national government”, “government in parliament”, “parties
in opposition”? Are we asking the Court and the Constitution to define the undefinable, compare the un-comparable, unfictionalized the fictional like unscrambling a scrambled egg?
⎯ Is the constitutional recognition of the office of the ‘Leader of the Opposition’ and the ‘national government’, a desirable measure (non-justiciable) which effectively excludes judicial review of disputes?
General Writing (Non-peer Reviewed Writing) by Nuwan Peiris
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The proposed ATA seems to be a strategically diluted version of the UK’s Anti-Terrorism Act 2000 – incorporating the amendments that were introduced by the UK after the London bombing. Worse still, proposed ATA is inconsequential in its effect when it comes to combating global terrorism as far as some of the fundamental provisions are concerned; in other words, a feeble draft law compared to the Patriot Act of the USA which became law after the 9/11 attacks. However, the proposed ATA may be an abusive weapon as far its enforcement orders are concerned, such as the Miscellaneous Orders contained in Part X. In short, the proposed ATA is a mixed bag. For example, most of the protestors’ dissent to the proposed law gyrates on these abusive enforcement orders.
https://island.lk/proposed-anti-terrorism-bill-real-tiger-paper-tiger-or-mixed-bag/
Conference Presentations by Nuwan Peiris
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The proposed ATA seems to be a strategically diluted version of the UK’s Anti-Terrorism Act 2000 – incorporating the amendments that were introduced by the UK after the London bombing. Worse still, proposed ATA is inconsequential in its effect when it comes to combating global terrorism as far as some of the fundamental provisions are concerned; in other words, a feeble draft law compared to the Patriot Act of the USA which became law after the 9/11 attacks. However, the proposed ATA may be an abusive weapon as far its enforcement orders are concerned, such as the Miscellaneous Orders contained in Part X. In short, the proposed ATA is a mixed bag. For example, most of the protestors’ dissent to the proposed law gyrates on these abusive enforcement orders.
In this case (see http://www.supremecourt.lk/images/documents/SC_Appeal_30_05_Final.pdf), the Sri
Lankan Supreme Court held that the application of a “beyond reasonable doubt” standard of proof in
civil arbitration cases involving fraud is not contrary to public policy. Further, the court considered the
issues of double insurance and arbitration costs under public policy and held that the arbitral tribunal
had not violated public policy.
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,” and in its short title referred to as the “Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution” [the Bill] was published as a Supplement in Part II of the Government Gazette of 29th July 2022 and was presented in Parliament by the Hon. Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms.
Written Submissions of the Petitioner
https://www.academia.edu/88120038/Determination_of_The_Twenty_Second_Amendment_to_the_Constitution
https://www.supremecourt.lk/images/documents/sc_sd_40.2022_49_2022.pdf
The concept of “Opposition” in Parliament and “Leader of the Opposition”, and other related concepts, are political concepts and are not capable of “constitutional definition and application”. Even the political definitions of such concepts are vague and controversial.
⎯ Would this esteemed Court by letting the concept of the “Leader of the Opposition” endure in the constitutional text cause a structural collapse of the Constitution?
⎯ Would the said structural collapse get heightened when the Leader of Opposition joins and forms a national government as envisaged by Article 47(4) in the Bill?
⎯ Would the said anomaly lead to a litany of unwarranted and unsolvable cases before this esteemed Court that would require the Court to ‘define’ and ‘apply’ what Constitutes “opposition”, “national government”, “government in parliament”, “parties
in opposition”? Are we asking the Court and the Constitution to define the undefinable, compare the un-comparable, unfictionalized the fictional like unscrambling a scrambled egg?
⎯ Is the constitutional recognition of the office of the ‘Leader of the Opposition’ and the ‘national government’, a desirable measure (non-justiciable) which effectively excludes judicial review of disputes?
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The proposed ATA seems to be a strategically diluted version of the UK’s Anti-Terrorism Act 2000 – incorporating the amendments that were introduced by the UK after the London bombing. Worse still, proposed ATA is inconsequential in its effect when it comes to combating global terrorism as far as some of the fundamental provisions are concerned; in other words, a feeble draft law compared to the Patriot Act of the USA which became law after the 9/11 attacks. However, the proposed ATA may be an abusive weapon as far its enforcement orders are concerned, such as the Miscellaneous Orders contained in Part X. In short, the proposed ATA is a mixed bag. For example, most of the protestors’ dissent to the proposed law gyrates on these abusive enforcement orders.
https://island.lk/proposed-anti-terrorism-bill-real-tiger-paper-tiger-or-mixed-bag/
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The proposed ATA seems to be a strategically diluted version of the UK’s Anti-Terrorism Act 2000 – incorporating the amendments that were introduced by the UK after the London bombing. Worse still, proposed ATA is inconsequential in its effect when it comes to combating global terrorism as far as some of the fundamental provisions are concerned; in other words, a feeble draft law compared to the Patriot Act of the USA which became law after the 9/11 attacks. However, the proposed ATA may be an abusive weapon as far its enforcement orders are concerned, such as the Miscellaneous Orders contained in Part X. In short, the proposed ATA is a mixed bag. For example, most of the protestors’ dissent to the proposed law gyrates on these abusive enforcement orders.