Shibly Aziz
| Shibly Aziz | |
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| 37th Attorney General of Sri Lanka | |
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In office 1995–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Tilak Marapana |
| Succeeded by | Sarath N. Silva |
Mohamed Shibly Aziz is a well-known and eminent President's Counsel in Sri Lanka who has contributed extensively to the development of the legal system in the country from on or about 1968. He is the former Attorney General of Sri Lanka and has served on a number of national commissions and statutory bodies and represented Sri Lankan in several international fora. He continues his legal career now in active private practice, specialising in commercial law, shipping and aviation law,and public law, and has litigated several landmark cases in the country.
Shibly Aziz completed his senior school studies from 1954 to 1963 at Royal College, Colombo. He thereafter continued his tertiary education in University of Ceylon, Peradeniya where he read his LLB with Honours and thereafter proceeded to the United Kingdom and obtained an LLM from the University of London and Diploma in Shipping & Maritime Law (University of London) and Diploma in Air and Space Law(University of London -London Institute of World Affairs).
Shibly Aziz took oaths in 1968 as an Attorney-at-Law and was in 1969 appointed State Counsel at the Attorney-General's Department. He was thereafter appointed President's Counsel in 1988, the highest honour afforded to a lawyer in the Sri Lankan legal system, in recognition for his professional contributions and exemplary conduct as a lawyer. He was holding the substantive post of Deputy Solicitor General when he was conferred 'silk',which is yet unique in the Attorney General's Department.
He served in the department for 27 years and was promoted to Solicitor General in 1992, and finally, served as Attorney-General from 1995 to 1996.
He served both the criminal as well as the civil side of the Department, but his forte was civil law where he was handpicked to lead the State in several important landmark cases, including appearing in the 13th Amendment Case before the Supreme Court as junior Counsel to the then Attorney General. During his service in the Attorney General's Department, Shibly Aziz, among his other functions, advised the Government in Air and Space Law and on Sri Lanka's international commitments in aviation law such as compliance with ICAO standards and recommended practices. He also negotiated several bilateral air services agreements on behalf of the Government, having participated in over 35 bilateral discussions between Sri Lanka and about 15 countries and in several airline to airline discussions on behalf of the Government. He facilitated the implementation of changes in the administration and operational systems relating to the Colombo International Airport.
Shibly Aziz represented Sri Lanka in a number of international fora, including as the Chief Delegate at the second International Air Transport Conference 1980 ICAO held in Montreal; a member of the Sri Lanka Delegation to the Conference of the Attorneys General of Asia and the Pacific, held in Colombo in 1985 and in Seoul in 1990.
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