Elected to the Bar: 2015
Liability limited by a Scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation
Asanka Gunasekera
Asanka Gunasekera specialises in personal injury law.
Asanka represents Plaintiffs and Defendants in claims relating to historical child sexual abuse, motor vehicle accidents, workers’ compensation injury, occupiers’ liability, public liability and fatal accidents.
Asanka is also experienced in employment and OH&S law having been a sessional lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety (Industrial Relations) at Curtin University.
Asanka was admitted to practice in 2009 following completion of a 10 year “Managing Clerkship” under the Legal Practitioners Act 1893.
Asanka is also experienced in Not-For-Profit Governance having been Chairperson of the WA AIDS Council (Inc) for six years and Secretary of the WA Bar Association (Inc) for three years.
Asanka is also a member of the Law Society of Western Australia and serves on its Personal Injury & Workers’ Compensation Committee.
Qualifications
Date of admission: 2 April 2009