About Eardley Perera
Lived 1925 – 2004 (aged 79). Eardley Perera was a lawyer.
John Eardley Russel Perera PC (20 October 1925 - 31 December 2004) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and the 2nd president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (1977–78). He was a member of the Law Commission and the Council of Legal Education. Mr. Perera was in the first batch of President's Counsel appointed in 1981, having refused silk as a Queen's Counsel in 1967.
Early life and education Born on 20 October 1925, in Moratuwa, he was the third son, of Mr. and Mrs. C.S.A. Perera. Perera received his initial education at St. Bridget’s Convent in Colombo and subsequently attended St. Sebastian’s College for the latter.
Legal career Source: in his memory a bust of Perera was unveiled by Chief Justice Asoka de Silva at the Colombo Law Library.
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Sri Lankan lawyer (1925–2005)
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