Consultant
Sanjaya Marambe
Company Secretary | Commissioner for Oaths | Registered IP Agent
Admitted 2018
A litigator across civil, criminal, commercial, and fundamental-rights matters, Sanjaya Marambe advises the Chambers as a Consultant and holds several convener positions within the Bar Association of Sri Lanka.
II · Biography
In their own register.
Sanjaya Marambe was enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 2018. He holds an LL.B (Hons) from the University of London and advises the Chambers on contentious matters that call for sustained litigation work.
His practice covers civil, criminal, and commercial litigation alongside fundamental rights and public interest work, and he has appeared as part of legal panels before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Commercial High Court, including in intellectual property and writ proceedings.
Within the Bar Association of Sri Lanka he has served as Convener of the Legal Aid Committee — establishing an Anti-Torture Unit and organising island-wide legal aid seminars — and currently convenes its Junior Bar and Special Projects Standing Committees and co-convenes the Police and Prison Relations Committee. He was appointed to the national One Country One Law Task Force in 2021 and has lectured on personality, leadership, and ethics at the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya.
Outside the Bar, he is the founder of Youth for Democracy & Justice, a registered organisation promoting democracy, justice, and community welfare, and serves as Headquarters Commissioner (Legal) of the Sri Lanka Scout Association.
III · Expertise
Disciplines held.
Civil Litigation
Criminal Law
Commercial Disputes
Fundamental Rights and Public Interest Litigation
Intellectual Property
IV · Qualifications
Education & standing.
LL.B (Hons) (London)
Attorney-at-Law
Registered Company Secretary
Commissioner for Oaths
Registered Trademarks & Patent Agent
V · Practice
Where they appear.
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal
Magistrate's Courts
District Courts
Occasionally
High Courts
Working languages
English · Sinhala
VI · Instruction
Through the chambers.
Sanjaya is instructed through the chambers rather than directly. Name Sanjaya in your enquiry and it will reach them. Conversations with the chambers are confidential, and an enquiry is normally answered within one working day.
Instruct through the chambersVI · Further Reading
