Mr. Vaithulla Kamal Ahamed is a Lecturer in the Department of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. He was called to the Bar in 2018 after graduating with an LL.B (Second Class Honours, Upper Division) from the University of Colombo.
Prior to entering academia, he served as a Legal Research Officer (Judicial Clerk) at the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka and practiced as an Attorney-at-Law.
He holds an LL.M in Criminal Justice Administration from the Open University of Sri Lanka. His postgraduate research examined wrongful prosecution and miscarriages of justice within the Sri Lankan criminal justice system, with particular focus on legal and institutional safeguards. He has also completed postgraduate training in diplomacy and transitional justice at the Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute (BIDTI) and the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS).
He teaches Legal Method and Legal Writing, Law of Delict (Tort), Evidence Law, Criminal Procedure, and Medical Law and Ethics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
His research interests include the Law of Delict (Tort), Medical Law, Evidence Law, and Civil Procedure.
He may be contacted at kamal@law.cmb.ac.lk