Poornima Senarath

• Drafted deeds, title reports and documents for a wide variety of transactions.
• Drafted, attested, reviewed and registered deed of transfer, deed of gift, deed of conditional transfer, revocation of life interest, revocation of gift, deed of lease, cancellation of lease, power of attorney, deed of mortgage, deed of declaration, deed of rectification, deed of agreement to sell.
• Drafted settlements agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and analyzed legal memorandums.
• Wrote up legal documents like MOU, agreements, exchanges, power of attorneys, transfers, bonds, rectifications, releases, leases, partitions, declarations, partnerships, renunciations, wills, and gifts etc.

• Certified and authenticated the affidavits and other documents submitted by the general public.

• Prepared corporate documents including board resolution, officer and secretary certificates and formation documents.
• Drafted documents for registration of companies including articles of association and registering various types of companies at the Registrar of Companies of Sri Lanka.
• Obtained documents and conducted company searches at the Registrar of Companies of Sri Lanka.

• Practiced includes all aspects of civil litigation and criminal litigation.
• Drafted/vetted of legal documents and rendering legal advice.
• Represented clients in various stages of civil litigation and criminal litigation.
• Negotiated with policyholders, claimants and lawyers to evaluate and settle disputes.
• Experienced of handling vulnerable clients.

Civil litigation and instructing work

• Represented clients to the legal system in either an adversarial or advocacy role.
• Provided high quality legal advice to clients.
• Drafted and wrote up legal documents.
• Maintained the confidentiality of court documents and client records.
• Negotiated settlements of civil disputes.
• Handled labour tribunal matters.

Criminal Litigation

• Prepared, drafted and filed private plaints.
• Handled cases of Criminal offences cases at the Magistrate’s court and High court of Sri Lanka.
• Prepared and filed criminal appeal.

• Reviewed legal documents to ensure those are in proper format and contain all the necessary paperwork for court acceptance.
• Represented clients in civil cases.
• Reported issues of concern to senior lawyers.
• Involved in drafting precedents and documents.
• Filed suits for declaration, recovery of money, labour and industrial disputes, consumer matters, matrimonial and domestic violence, land matters and injunction suits against breach of contract and non-compliance of contracts and property matters.

• Provided litigation support and assisted with discovery by interviewing in order to obtain interrogating responses.
• Drafted and filed pleadings at the District Court, High Court, Provincial High Court, Commercial High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
• Assisted counsels with documents production and trial preparation.

• Assisted Attorneys-at-Law in Court cases.
• Drafted Plaints, Answers, Motions, Petitions, Affidavits, Replications and Written Submissions.
• Assisted in preparation of oral arguments on a variety of matters.