Defence, Rights & Appellate Advocacy
Criminal Defence & Human Rights
We have acted for Private individuals, Corporate officers, Accused persons, and Parties raising rights-based challenges in matters requiring careful preparation, procedural judgement, and discreet representation.
Overview
AW Chambers acts in criminal matters requiring disciplined preparation, careful factual analysis, and serious appellate judgement. The practice covers trial work, post-conviction strategy, financial-crime exposure, and criminal matters with constitutional or human-rights dimensions.
This area also includes representation in white-collar and financial crime matters, extradition-related issues, and rights-based challenges arising from unlawful detention, police misconduct, discrimination, or other serious public-law consequences.
Where liberty, reputation, and constitutional protection are engaged at the same time, our approach is measured, discreet, and built around procedural control as much as advocacy itself.
What We Handle
Key Services
General criminal defence
Appeals and post-conviction advocacy
Supreme Court and appellate representation
Post-conviction relief
Constitutional challenges
White-collar and financial crimes
Fraud and embezzlement
Bribery and corruption cases
Corporate criminal liability
Cybercrime and digital fraud
Money laundering and financial investigations
International criminal law and extradition
Extradition and mutual legal assistance (MLA)
INTERPOL notices and defence
Human rights and constitutional law
Unlawful detention and police misconduct
Freedom of expression and press rights
Discrimination and equality cases
Asylum and refugee protection
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Bar Association of Sri Lanka
Colombo Law Society
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Commonwealth Lawyers Association