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Remembering Mr Sunil de Silva – on his Death Anniversary 28th Feb 2022 – by an Old Boy of Royal College, Prof Suri Ratnapala Most venerable Bhikkhu Banthe Sujatho, Mrs Senani de Silva, Mr Sidath de Silva, Relatives, Distinguished Attendees and Friends gathered here today to pay respects and bid farewell to Sunil. On the 28th of February 2021 as the Sun rose in the East and the songbrids sang, Mr Sunil Chandra de Silva, President’s Counsel, former Attorney-General of Sri Lanka, Crown Prosecutor of new South Wales, eminent lawyer, scholar, teacher, entertainer, handyman, devoted, and loving husband and father, and kind and loyal friend, quietly  took leave of this world. I first saw Sunil Striding the cloisters of Hulftsdrop shoulders back and ramrod straight, his lawyers robes flowing behind him. He was not a tall man but carried himself like a giant in the eyes of junior lawyers like me. His imposing presence could not hide ...