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Sri Lanka litigation guide

Chanaka De Silva
Nithya Partners
Tel: +94 11 4712625; Fax: +94 11 2695223; Website: www.nithyapartners.com

At the time of gaining its independence from colonial rule in 1948, Sri Lanka had inherited a peculiar mix of English law and Roman-Dutch law. Despite a number of attempts of law reform and the introduction of modern legislation in a number of areas, the Roman-Dutch law still remains the ‘common law’ of the country. The English law governs those laws in areas such as the sale of goods, banking, and administrative law.

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