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Appealing the Right to Appeal

Sri Lanka, March 15 -- This is a case about a property partition lawsuit. The original 4th defendant filed a claim, but none of the parties except the plaintiff showed up in court on the trial date. T... Read More


Tourism and some Aberrations

Sri Lanka, March 13 -- Soon on the heels of the press reports about the "White Party" at which locals were summarily barred at the gate and disinvited beforehand, is the news of tourists running busin... Read More


Monetary Board Spared Rap in FC Collapse

Sri Lanka, March 8 -- This is a case about a registered finance company. A shareholder of the company is asking the Court to overturn a decision made by the Monetary Board of Sri Lanka (Central Bank) ... Read More


How the biggest social event earned its reputation

Sri Lanka, March 6 -- A social event cannot fit in the sports page even though a sporting event can, and should. The Sri Lankan sporting event of the year is generally the Royal-Thomian cricket match,... Read More


Absentee Worker in Topsy-Turvy Court Battles

Sri Lanka, March 1 -- Mr. Somadasa (the Applicant and subsequently Respondent in High Court) was a printing press worker who was fired by his employer (a printing company) for poor attendance. His uni... Read More


Verbosity vs. vision

Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- Everybody has a view in this country but how many of these people have a vision? The talking heads on television would tell you they have a vision and a plan about how to go abou... Read More


Baring Bare Facts and other Barefoot Tales

Sri Lanka, Feb. 21 -- The wellness industry is selling wellness out of bottles. This is the new fad that caught on in Western capitals and has now been exported to this part of the world. There is a g... Read More


A Will, but No Way

Sri Lanka, Feb. 16 -- This case involves a legal battle over the will of a deceased person. His elder daughter, who wasn't mentioned in the will, challenged its validity in Court. The deceased left h... Read More


Corruption endemic in the pharma industry

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- The recent arrests with regard to purchases of substandard drugs seems to show that the authorities mean business this time with regard to less than clean deals by politicians and... Read More


Free-agency isn't aping

Sri Lanka, Feb. 4 -- What's the nation's general direction? It's as good a question as any to ask on our Independence Day. Does copying befit a nation? It befits a troop of monkeys, not humans. Of cou... Read More